Elastic Beanstalk Node.js Deployment

About

This skill provides specialized guidance for deploying Node.js applications to AWS Elastic Beanstalk, specifically addressing the platform's unique dependency installation behaviors. It helps developers navigate the choice between bundling node_modules for reliability or letting the platform install them for speed, while offering robust solutions for common monorepo workspace issues and symlink errors. By implementing these best practices, teams can ensure consistent deployments, handle private packages securely, and automate database migrations within the AWS ecosystem.

Key Features

• Best practices for .ebextensions and environment variable configuration
• Monorepo-aware dependency bundling strategies using clean context installation
• Automated troubleshooting for 'Cannot find package' and symlink errors
• Step-by-step verification workflows for deployment package integrity
• 72 GitHub stars
• Binary compatibility guidance for native Node.js modules in Linux environments

Use Cases

• Deploying a Node.js monorepo to AWS EB without workspace package errors
• Configuring automated database migrations to run safely during the EB deployment lifecycle
• Transitioning to bundled node_modules for more reliable, offline-capable deployments