Project R2 - Install Simple PhotoSite in Ruby on Rails use SQLite database ONTO an Amazon EC2 instance

RoR application

100 points

Due dates -

• Application and Documentation Due April 26, 11pm

• In this project you will create an Amazon EC2 instance with a later version of Ubuntu pre-defined AMI (something free tier)
  
  
• You will create a WIKI on blackboard DOCUMENTING all of your work and how you accomplished it (take screen shots while you do it)
  
  
• You will install Ruby on Rails onto this instance see:
• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/#apt
• http://www.frontcoded.com/rails-on-amazon-ec2-ubuntu.html
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin-with-rvm or search the web for how to do this for other current resources.
  
  
• Next you will deploy your Project R1 onto this EC2 instance
  
  
• Next you will use the Simple PhotoSite on the EC2 instance and demonstrate this and show how it is performing in the Amazon AWS Console.
• DISCUSS EC2 (Amazon's IaaS option) for our RoR project versus using ElasticBeanstalk (Amazon's PaaS opton). We are not going to use ElasticBeanstalk but, I want you to consider the possibility http://www.frontcoded.com/rails-on-amazon-ec2-ubuntu.html AND http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create_deploy_Ruby_rails.html?tag=viglink27183-20

Setup

I am NOT GOING to tell you step by step how to do this. In fact it is part of this project that you document your progress and how you were able to accomplish the tasks.

SPECIAL ISSUE 1 You must SOLVE---what happens when an instance stops running

• when you shut down your data is lost
  you need to learn about how to "freeze" you instance and save it in Amazon S3 as an AMI and then reinstate or duplicate.

  see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ExportingEC2Instances.html
  
  what are the cost involved?

SPECIAL ISSUE 2 SOLVE---what happens when reboot instance& what can you do?

• the IP address changes. WHat are your options if you want to publish the URL to the public?
  Some items to read:

  • http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-instance-addressing.html

    http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/elastic-ip-addresses-eip.html

  • what are the fees incurred

WIKI ( without this no evalution possible)   

You will create a posting to BB->Wiki->Project R1. You must have the following sections in your wiki documentation

Section Heading	Contents you should have
SECTION 1) Intro and Purpose Evaluation: 0 to 10 points	Describe your Project URL to YouTube Video (that features going over how you created your EC2 configured instance)
SECTION 2) Demonstration of Application working Evaluation: 0 to 10 points	SHOW A SEPERATE SCREEN SHOT FOR each new screen a user sees in using your application on the EC2 deployment SHOW A SEPARATE SCREEN SHOT(s) showing the useage inside the Amazon AWS console
SECTION 3) Discussion of anything NOT working Evaluation: 0 to 10 points	You must show and discuss how the app is not working. If you did not implement all of it you must state what YOU HAVE NOT implemented
SECTION 4) YouTube URL Evaluation: 0 to 20 points	this is where you do a presentation of your work in video showing: 1) show setup of EC2 instance with Ruby on Rails (5 points) 2) show setup of EC2 instance with PhotoSite files (5 points) 3) show AWS console where deploy EC2 instance (keep it free) (5 points) 4) show in browser bringing up PhotoSite 2 urls now deployed on AWS and working (5 points)
SECTION 5) Special ISSUE 1 Evaluation: 0 to 10 points	Answer the question: "what happens when an instance stops running?"
SECTION 6) Special ISSUE 2 Evaluation: 0 to 10 points	Answer the question: "what happens when you reboot an instance and what can you do?"

Evaluation

70 points for wiki (see above ) + 30 points for successfully deploying the PhotoSite to AWS and it runs

NOTE: if you do not deploy to AWS successfully you will not be able to get full points on wiki as items will be missing

Deliverables

1. WIKI on BB->Wiki->Project R2
2. YouTube created and URL given in Wiki
   
3. As requested -give demonstration of system working for peers and instructor.