Using Elastic Beanstalk via command-line on a Mac? Keep that OS X Install DVD handy

The title pretty much says it all. Elastic Beanstalk is the new service from Amazon Web Services offering you easier deployment of Java WAR files. More languages and platforms are expected to be supported in the future. Most people will use the service via the convenient web console, but if you want to automate things you’ll either end up using the command-line tools (CLI tools) or the API in the Java SDK (until their other SDKs add Beanstalk support). ...

January 20, 2011 · 3 min · shlomo