Running AWS Locally
- 1. Running AWS Locally Chris Gillespie
- 2. ● Established 6 years ago. ● ~2 years into our AWS journey. ● ~30 headcount. ● Primarily back-end. ● PHP / Java. ● Based in Huddersfield.
- 3. ● Software Engineer / Solution Architect. ● Co-founder of Elder Studios and some other startups. ● Occasionally lecture at University of Huddersfield. ● ~2 years into my AWS journey. ● Java, Java, Java.... tempted by Golang. ● @NorthernChrisG
- 4. AGENDA ● Boot up and “run AWS locally”. ● Identify the services we can run locally. ● Interact. ● Technique for swapping local / remote in our code. ● Further uses.
- 5. AGENDA ● Boot up and “run AWS locally”. ● Identify the services we can run locally. ● Interact. ● Technique for swapping local / remote in our code. ● Further uses.
- 6. RUN AWS LOCALLY Multiple single service options available: ● Downloadable Dynamodb from AWS ● SAM Local from AWS for Lambda / API Gateway ● Elasticsearch is.... elasticsearch! ● Minio for S3 But we will focus on...
- 8. BOOT UP docker run -p 4567-4580:4567-4580 localstack/localstack
- 9. INTERACT THEORY... The AWS CLI uses the SDK. If the AWS CLI works with localstack, the SDK works. Let's give it a go.... ● It's all about the endpoint setting. ● Credentials are required, but not validated.
- 10. SWAPPING LOCAL / REMOTE I want to point my application at local AWS. The SDK contains all the necessary methods to explicitly set the endpoint, region and credentials.
- 12. MANAGING IT Spring Framework enabled us to easily manage the selection between the two at runtime for testing / production without hacking at the code. Dependency Injection for the win!
- 14. FURTHER USES As part of automated testing. Enable end-to-end tests. https://localstack.cloud/images/diagram.png
- 15. Lightweight / Temporary Environments. Testing, sales demo sites, sprint demo etc FURTHER USES +
- 17. QUESTIONS?