This application consists of AWS Lambda Functions and related AWS resources including VPC/Nat Gateway/API Gateway etc.. need AWS CLI, AWS CDK and AWS SAM to deploy.

• Follow this link to install AWS CLI on a Linux/MacOS/Windows workstation, you will issue commands to AWS from this workstation to setup various resources and workloads.

• Configure the credentials used in AWS CLI by this guide.

Make sure the workstation has nodejs/npm installed, also with java JDK 8+ and maven 3.5+ installed. Then run the following in command shell to install AWS CDK

npm install -g aws-cdk

Run the following command to verify correct installation and print the version number of the AWS CDK.

cdk --version

Please follow this link to install.

1. git clone this repo to your workstation in command shell, cd to this project directory.

2. Run maven to init/package the project:

   mvn package
   

3. Generate Cloudformation template yaml from CDK:

   cdk synth > template.yaml
   

4. Build the project using AWS SAM:

   sam build
   

5. Deploy the application to AWS:

   sam deploy -g
   

   • Stack Name just input a name you like for this stack
   • AWS Region input a AWS region you would like this stack/application deploy to, for example Hong Kong region is ap-east-1
   • Input y for all other options

   Wait for the stack to deploy, let's goto your AWS Console --> Cloudformation, click the stack that is running to monitor the deployment status. When status is completed.