Deploying Symfony applications on AWS Elastic Beanstalk may seem challenging at first, but with proper configuration and an automated approach, major hurdles can be effectively overcome.
Chiyana Simões
Chiyana Simões
December 19, 2024 — 4 minutes reading time
How to solve common challenges when deploying Symfony on AWS Elastic Beanstalk
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a versatile platform leads for commercial real estate for deploying applications in the cloud, allowing developers to focus on their code while AWS handles load balancing, server configuration, and monitoring. However, deploying Symfony applications presents specific challenges, such as managing friendly routes, JWT key generation , and persistent configurations. This article offers practical solutions based on real-world experiences to overcome these challenges.
Initial Setup of Elastic Beanstalk for Symfony
1. Setting the root directory for Symfony
Elastic Beanstalk configures the web server to point to the root directory /var/www/html by default. However, Symfony applications require the server to point to the public/ subdirectory , which results in 404 errors when the required files are not found.
Solution: Nginx Configuration Create or modify the .platform/nginx/conf.d/elasticbeanstalk/01-rewrite.conf file to properly redirect requests to the public/ directory :
location / {
root /var/www/html/public; # Define the public directory as root
try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
}
2. Configuration persistence across deployments
Elastic Beanstalk deployments replace EC2 instances, eliminating any manual changes. To ensure that the configuration persists:
Include the .platform/nginx/conf.d/elasticbeanstalk/01-rewrite.conf file in your repository.
Check that it is not listed in .gitignore and push it to version control: git add .platform/nginx/conf.d/elasticbeanstalk/01-rewrite.conf
git commit -m "Add Nginx configuration for redirection to public/ directory"
3. Configuration validation
After performing a deployment, verify that the Nginx server is using the correct directory: