Why is ElasticBeanstalk ignoring my .ebignore file?

Question

I'm trying to prevent my static files from being included in the source bundle uploaded with elasticbeanstalk. I'm not sure where exactly my .ebignore file belongs.

Main_Direction
 /.ebextension
 /.elasticbeanstalk
 /Actual_Project
   //....

I put the .ebignore file in the Actual_Project directory. However, this doesn't seem to work because I'm getting the following error.

ERROR: Application version cannot be any larger than 512MB 

My .ebignore file is very simple:

static/*

I've also tried static without the asterix and trailing slash.

I'm using: EB CLI 3.6.2 (Python 3.4.3)

Answer 1

seems like your directory structure is a bit off. the beanstalk files belong in the root directory of your project, which in your case is Actual_Project. Move them there. As a side note, I use .gitignore instead of .ebignore, as beanstalk will use it if .ebignore is missing. It too belongs to the root dir (right next to the .git folder)