Can anyone point me to the steps/resources that describe:
AWS provides several tools for working with Java and Elastic Beanstalk. Regardless of the platform branch that you choose, you can use the AWS SDK for Java to use other AWS services from within your Java application.
First check this out if you haven't already ran through it:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/gettingstarted/latest/awsgsg-intro/intro.html
it'll give you an idea of how it all works.
With regard to running a Java EE app on EC2, you have a couple of choices - but they generally come down to the following recipe:
Now you can bundle the above into an ebs ami, or you can write a script (bash/sh/tcl) which applies those changes when your instance starts (which i prefer). The scripts allow you to modify what gets installed/started/moved around without having to rebundle your instance.
There's some great resources here: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=100
Hope that helps.
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