Beginning Amazon Web Services with Node.js

282 Pages·2015·10.16 MB·English

by  Adam Shackelford

Beginning Amazon Web Services with
Node.js
Adam Shackelford
Beginning Amazon Web Services with Node.js
Copyright © 2015 by Adam Shackelford
This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the
material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation,
broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage
and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or
hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or
scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer
system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted
only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission
for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the
Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law.
ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-4842-0654-6
ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-4842-0653-9
Trademarked names, logos, and images may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every
occurrence of a trademarked name, logo, or image, we use the names, logos, and images only in an editorial
fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark.
The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not
identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary
rights.
While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication,
neither the author nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions
that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained
herein.
Managing Director: Welmoed Spahr
Lead Editor: Louise Corrigan
Technical Reviewer: Jose Dieguez Castro
Editorial Board: Steve Anglin, Mark Beckner, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Louise Corrigan, Jim
DeWolf, Jonathan Gennick, Robert Hutchinson, Michelle Lowman, James Markham, Matthew
Moodie, Jeff Olson, Jeffrey Pepper, Douglas Pundick, Ben Renow-Clarke, Dominic Shakeshaft,
Gwenan Spearing, Matt Wade, Steve Weiss
Coordinating Editor: Christine Ricketts
Copy Editor: Michael G. Laraque
Compositor: SPi Global
Indexer: SPi Global
Artist: SPi Global
Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer Science+Business Media New York, 233 Spring Street, 6th
Floor, New York, NY 10013. Phone 1-800-SPRINGER, fax [phone], e-mail orders-ny@springer-
sbm.com, or visit www.springeronline.com. Apress Media, LLC is a California LLC and the sole member
(owner) is Springer Science+Business Media Finance Inc (SSBM Finance Inc). SSBM Finance Inc is a Delaware
corporation.
For information on translations, please e-mail [email protected], or visit www.apress.com.
Apress and friends of ED books may be purchased in bulk for academic, corporate, or promotional use. eBook
versions and licenses are also available for most titles. For more information, reference our Special Bulk Sales–
eBook Licensing web page at www.apress.com/bulk-sales.
Any source code or other supplementary material referenced by the author in this text is available to readers at
www.apress.com. For detailed information about how to locate your book’s source code, go to
www.apress.com/source-code/.
For the Roarks.
Contents at a Glance
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Amazon Web Services
Chapter 2: Working with AWS OpsWorks
Chapter 3: OpsWorks Part II: Databases and Scaling
Chapter 4: CloudFront and DNS Management
Chapter 5: Simple Storage Service and Content Delivery
Chapter 6: Simple Email Service
Chapter 7: Monitoring the Application
Chapter 8: Securing the Application
Index
Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Amazon Web Services
Understanding the Cloud
The Approach in This Book
Requirements
AWS Account
Domain Registration
SSL Certificate
Code Repository
Download the Sample Project
Local Environment
ExpressJS
Sample Project
Overview
Source Code Organization
Configuration and Startup
Working with the Sample App
Albums
Photos
Developing with the Sample App
Identity and Access Management
The IAM Dashboard
IAM Users
IAM Groups
IAM Managed Policies
IAM Permissions Editor
Summary
Chapter 2: Working with AWS OpsWorks
Understanding OpsWorks
Allocating Resources
Regions and Availability Zones
Additional IAM Roles
Instance Role
Service Role
The OpsWorks Environment
The OpsWorks Dashboard
Stacks
Layers
Apps
Deploying Your App
Summary
Chapter 3: OpsWorks Part II: Databases and Scaling
Relational Database Service (RDS)
Multi-AZ Deployment
Read Replicas
Provisioned IOPS Storage
DB Security Groups
Creating an RDS Database
Database Import
OpsWorks RDS Layer
Environments and Environment Variables
Stack Commands: Backup Scenario
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Creating a Load Balancer
OpsWorks ELB Layer
Adding a New Instance
Summary
Chapter 4: CloudFront and DNS Management
CloudFront
Creating the Distribution
Configuring the Distribution
Distribution Detail View
Behavior with Query Strings
Deploy Code Changes
Add New Behavior
Caching
Route 53
Summary
Chapter 5: Simple Storage Service and Content Delivery
Using S3 in the Application
Creating an S3 Bucket
Enabling S3 Access in IAM
Storing Credentials
Implementing IAM Roles
Using IAM User Credentials
Adding OpsWorks Environment Variables
Developing with the AWS SDK
Updating Dependencies
Accessing Environment Variables
Handling File Uploads
Updating the Database Schema
Integrating with CloudFront
Creating CloudFront S3 Origin
CloudFront S3 Behavior
Finishing Touches
Absolute URLs
Enhanced Image Caching
Summary
Chapter 6: Simple Email Service
Introducing Simple Email Service
Exploring the SES Dashboard
SES Verification
Managing SES Permissions with IAM
Using SES with the AWS SDK
Globals
Mail.js
User Registration Route
Deployment and Testing
AWS Resource Groups
Tagging Resources
Creating and Viewing Resource Groups
Summary
Chapter 7: Monitoring the Application
CloudWatch
CloudWatch Alarms
Alarm Periods
Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Creating a CloudWatch Alarm
Defining an Alarm
Alarm State
Using OpsWorks with CloudWatch
Load-Based Instances
OpsWorks Auto-scaling Rules
Time-Based Instances
RDS Alarms
CloudWatch Logs
EC2 Instance Roles
Using Chef in OpsWorks
CloudWatch Logs
Summary
Chapter 8: Securing the Application
Using HTTPS
SSL Certificate Generation
Installing OpenSSL
Creating a Key and CSR
Request Certificate
The AWS Command-Line Interface (CLI)
Configuring Permissions
Uploading the SSL Certificates
Enabling HTTPS in CloudFront
Enabling HTTPS in ELB
Application Security
Adding Session and Encryption Modules
Adding Password Encryption
Using Secure Sessions
Conclusion
Index