What are the environment tier options in aws elasticbeanstalk cli?

Question

This has been driving me nuts. Can anyone point me to the docs section that has this information?

The cli-input json to aws elasticbeanstalk create-environment command

{
    "ApplicationName": "MyApp",
    "EnvironmentName": "MyAppEnv01",
    "GroupName": "",
    "Description": "",
    "CNAMEPrefix": "my-app-env-01",
    "Tier": { // What are the all the allowed options here????
        "Name": "WebServer",
        "Type": "Standard",
        "Version": "1.0"
    },
    "SolutionStackName": "64bit Amazon Linux 2017.09 v2.8.4 running Docker 17.09.1-ce"
}

EDIT 1

I was able to get the values for my specific use case by using the deprecated (?) eb-cli to init, create and then look at the resulting stdout (see code box above). This is obviously a dirty hack and I will post what I find; but if anyone has a link to the official aws docs page, please do share.

EDIT 2

Another way to reverse engineer the environment parameters is to create an environment manually on the AWS console and fetch its description via aws cli:

$ aws elasticbeanstalk describe-environments --environment-name my-env

hjpotter92 · Answer 1 · 2018-03-06T23:38:51.887

You can use the --generate-cli-skeleton command. As mentioned in the documentation for create-application subcommand:

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

_{emphasis mine}

which generates:

└──$ aws elasticbeanstalk create-environment --generate-cli-skeleton
{
    "ApplicationName": "",
    "EnvironmentName": "",
    "GroupName": "",
    "Description": "",
    "CNAMEPrefix": "",
    "Tier": {
        "Name": "",
        "Type": "",
        "Version": ""
    },
    "Tags": [
        {
            "Key": "",
            "Value": ""
        }
    ],
    "VersionLabel": "",
    "TemplateName": "",
    "SolutionStackName": "",
    "PlatformArn": "",
    "OptionSettings": [
        {
            "ResourceName": "",
            "Namespace": "",
            "OptionName": "",
            "Value": ""
        }
    ],
    "OptionsToRemove": [
        {
            "ResourceName": "",
            "Namespace": "",
            "OptionName": ""
        }
    ]
}

For possible values and types, I generally refer to the boto3 client's request docs. They generally describe individual elements in detail.

https://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/services/elasticbeanstalk.html#ElasticBeanstalk.Client.create_environment

This exactly the problem I'm describing :) The fact that some parameter should be a "string" doesn't say anything regarding the actual values that AWS expects. — AlexanderF, Mar 06 '18 at 23:22
@AlexanderF. You want something like boto3 provides? https://boto3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/services/elasticbeanstalk.html#ElasticBeanstalk.Client.create_environment — hjpotter92, Mar 06 '18 at 23:39
That page seems to have the same deficiencies as the official docs. I'm looking for something like what aws already has in elasticbeanstalk [general options documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/command-options-general.html#command-options-general-autoscalinglaunchconfiguration) but for the rest of the parameters. — AlexanderF, Mar 07 '18 at 01:38

What are the environment tier options in aws elasticbeanstalk cli?

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