Run only one script

Hi!

I’m deploying my app in a elastic bean instance so basically I have the option to run just one script. If I try to run something like:

"start": "npm run build & node script.js"

it’s not guaranteed that the first one has finished before the second one starts. Is there an way to pass through that?

Ps: I’m using eb deploy from ElasticBean

Thanks

[antonsamper]

Hi @ThiagoMiranda, I dont use eb deploy, I have a slightly different workflow setup on CircleCI that uses the aws elasticbeanstalk cli.

With my workflow, I generate the code that will be deployed by running npm run build. That creates my dist folder (which is in .gitignored). I then upload the dist and package.json to S3 (zipped up) and I then run aws elasticbeanstalk..... [options..] to tell Beanstalk that theres a new application that needs to be deployed.

By default, when a new application is deployed to Beanstalk, npm i --production will run as part of the application setup so you definitely don’t have to include node_modules in your application zip.

I’ve just been reading and looks like eb deploy uses the last commit as the source. This is ok but it depends on what your project/workflow is. For instance, if you’re using babel, then you would have to also commit your dist folder, otherwise your code wont be compiled.

My workflow is more fine tuned so i wouldnt be able to use eb deploy. Have a look at the links below and see if they help.

References:

• http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/eb3-deploy.html
• http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/eb-cli3-configuration.html#eb-cli3-artifact
• http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/elasticbeanstalk/create-application.html

[myrcutio]

not sure if you solved it or not, but the single & tells bash to run commands in parallel. if you specify && it forces it to run in sequence.