openwebcraft/nodejs-ec2-launcher

Node.js web application to start and stop AWS EC2 instances

nodejs-ec2-launcher

Node.js web application to start and stop AWS EC2 instances

Building Blocks

Server

express - web application framework for node

$ express --sessions --css less --hogan --force nodejs-ec2-launcher

hogan-express - Hogan.js, Mustache template engine for express 3.x. Support partials and layout.

$ npm install hogan-express --save

Passport - Simple, unobtrusive authentication for Node.js.

$ npm install passport --save

Passport-BrowserID - Passport strategy for authenticating with Mozilla Persona (formerly known as BrowserID).

$ npm install passport-browserid --save

AWS SDK für Node.js

$ npm install aws-sdk --save

Client

zepto.js - a minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers with a largely jQuery-compatible API.

Font Awesome - The iconic font designed for Bootstrap.

Start the app

$ foreman start

Point your favourite browser to http://localhost:3000/.

Default PORT is 3000. To change create .env file with e.g. PORT=3001.

Configuration

Environment variables, e.g. via .env:

PORT=3000
PERSONA_AUDIENCE=http://localhost:3000

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=[AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID]
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=[AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY]
AWS_REGION=[AWS_REGION]

PERSONA_USERS_INSTANCES={"[email protected]":["i-ab12cde1"]}

Heroku Deployment Steps

Install the Heroku Toolbelt - everything you need to get started using heroku.

Authenticate/ login: heroku login

Install heroku-config, a plugin for the heroku CLI that makes it easy to push or pull your application’s config environment vars, from or into your local .env file.

$ heroku plugins:install git://github.com/ddollar/heroku-config.git

Create a .env file with your project configuration - see above.

Next, deploy the application to Heroku.

Create the app: heroku create

Push your local environment file to Heroku: heroku config:push

Deploy the code: git push heroku master