# To Do

~~Finish S3 config for env vars~~
~~Deploy to AWS and ensure vars are working~~

~~Use cloudformation to deploy bucket instead of tieing it to the RDS instance.~~
Use <https://strapi.io/documentation/3.0.0-beta.x/deployment/amazon-aws.html#_2-create-the-bucket> for bucket options for the template.

~~Strapi documentation - build and host~~

## RDS Cloudformation

Use <http://blog.blackninjadojo.com/aws/elastic-beanstalk/2019/01/28/adding-a-database-to-your-rails-application-on-elastic-beanstalk-using-rds.html> to create an RDS for ELB.

- RDS cloudformation template
- Use the GUI to go through options and create cloudformation template
- Create an RDS db before deployment
  - Configure Strapi to use this RDS db
  - VPC + Security Group needs creating in template

Compare the `--database option` to without and make sure you create everything in the Cloudformation template.

Look at how to have multiple environments in the same elb app

Deploy strapi as load balanced rather than single instance

Deploy strapi with a custom domain with HTTPS as a single instance + load balanced.

Combine ELB Documentations (strapi, ELB etc)

Use codebuild to update strapi

Use circle CI instead

Finish the backgrounds for the demo website

Cloudformation template to deploy an S3 bucket

## Links

Decouple an exisitng RDS instance from ELB to RDS: <https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/decouple-rds-from-beanstalk/>

Deploy the ELB environment referencing the VPC + Subnets created with Cloudformation. Use https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/vpc-rds.html as a reference.

Recreate env with database, check the DB subnets - are they the same as the EC2 subnets? If so we can reference them in https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/command-options-general.html#command-options-general-ec2vpc with ELBSubnets

Can we use cloudformation functions (imports) in .config files under option_settings? (reference a VPC that already exists?)