Configuring "Deploy to Elastic Beanstalk" plugin in Visual Studio

Question

I am playing with new "Deploy to Elastic Beanstalk" in Visual Studio. I was successful in deploying my ASP.Net 7 application to Linux. So, I got through basics. But now I have a number of questions
* Is it possible to *save* the deployment the way I can save "Folder" deployment? It saves it somewhere - when deployment page opens, it offers me to use the deployment that already exists. But I run it on a non-default profile; so first I need to manually switch profile. And second - I would prefer to run it from command line as in `dotnet publish`.
* How do I install HTTPS? I have a single instance; it [looks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/configuring-https.html) like I can't use ACM. Which is fine - I am typically use certbot anyway. But I can't figure out how to enable epel / install certbot and run it. 
* Typically, I build a custom API and deploy to it. Is it possible?
* I would like to have an Angular application running on the same box as well. Is it possible?

These are just a few. The bigger question is, is it possible to look and tweak what is going under the hood? I tried to run `dotnet aws deployment-project generate`, but I got an error `The project you are trying to deploy is currently not supported.`
I guess I would love to have some kind of tutorial that goes beyond the basics

Answer

Hi Virshu,

To address the below questions:
 
Is it possible to save the deployment the way I can save "Folder" deployment? It saves it somewhere - when deployment page opens, it offers me to use the deployment that already exists. But I run it on a non-default profile; so first I need to manually switch profile. And second - I would prefer to run it from command line as in dotnet publish.

```
You can save the current running deployment from Elastic Beanstalk. Go to Applications->Choose the application-> Application versions->Under the source tab you can select the source and it will download as a .zip
https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-visual-studio/issues/247 
```

How do I install HTTPS? I have a single instance; it looks like I can't use ACM. Which is fine - I am typically use certbot anyway. But I can't figure out how to enable epel / install certbot and run it.

```
To install certbot on an Amazon Linux 2 instance, please create an .ebextensions folder in the root of your project and create a file called "00_install_certbot.config" in it [1][2][3]

container_commands:
    10_install_and_enable_epel_release:
        command: "sudo amazon-linux-extras install epel -y"
        ignoreErrors: true
        test: test ! -d "/etc/letsencrypt/"
    30_install_certbot:
        command: "sudo yum install -y certbot python2-certbot-apache"
        ignoreErrors: true
        test: test ! -d "/etc/letsencrypt/"
```

Typically, I build a custom API and deploy to it. Is it possible?

```
Yes, it is possible to deploy a custom API. 
```

I would like to have an Angular application running on the same box as well. Is it possible?

```
The platform is a single tenant, therefore only 1 application is supported.
```

**Tutorial that goes beyond the basics:** Deployment Projects with the new AWS .NET Deployment Experience
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/dotnet-deployment-projects/

References:
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[1] https://certbot.eff.org/instructions 
[2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/ebextensions.html 
[3] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/platforms-linux-extend.html 
[4] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/applications-versions.html 
[5] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/api/API_Deployment.html 
[6] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/welcome.html 
[7] https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-visual-studio/issues

Configuring "Deploy to Elastic Beanstalk" plugin in Visual Studio

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