Where to put Elastic Beanstalk config commands that are only run once on spin-up?
Commands can be run conditionally using the test:
modifier. You specify a test to be done. If the test returns 0, the command is run, otherwise it is not.
If the last command in your config file touches a file, and the commands above that you only want to run once check for the existence of that file, then those commands will only run the first time.
commands:
01-do-always:
command: run_my_script
02-do-on-boot:
command: script_to_run_once
test: test ! -f .semaphore
99-signal-startup-complete:
command: touch .semaphore
On Windows it would be something like this
commands:
01-do-always:
command: run_my_script
02-do-on-boot:
command: script_to_run_once
test: if exists c:\\path\\to\\semaphore.txt (exit 0) else (exit 1)
99-signal-startup-complete:
command: date > c:\\path\\to\\semaphore.txt