Since this question has been around for a while and still have no answer, but continues to draw interest, let me share my solution to a very similar problem - installing a Windows service on a EC2 instance. I'm not using Beanstalk though, since that service is designed more for quick deploy of web applications. Instead, I'm using directly CloudFormation which Beanstalk uses underneath to deploy resources related to the web application.
The stack expects existing VPC (our spans through several availability zones), a S3 bucket that stores all service build artifacts and a EC2 key pair. Template creates EC2 instance using Windows AMI and few other resources like IAM User with access keys and a working S3 bucket just for illustration of how to create additional resources that your service might need. Template also takes as a parameter the name of a zipped package with all service binaries and configuration files that's been uploaded on the build artifacts S3 bucket (we use TeamCity build server that makes that for us, but you can create and upload the package manually of course). When you build new version of the service, you simply create new package (for example service.v2.zip), update the stack with the new name and the service will be updated automatically. Template contains ids of AMIs in 4 different regions, but you can always add other regions if you wish. Here's the stack template:
{
"AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
"Description": "Service stack template.",
"Parameters": {
"KeyPair": {
"Type": "String",
"Default": "MyDefaultKeys",
"Description": "Name of EC2 Key Pair."
},
"ServicePackageName": {
"Type": "String",
"Default": "service.zip",
"Description": "Name of the zip package of the service files."
},
"DeploymentBucketName": {
"Type": "String",
"Default": "",
"Description": "Name of the deployment bucket where all the artifacts are."
},
"VPCId": {
"Type": "String",
"Default": "",
"Description": "Identifier of existing VPC."
},
"VPCSubnets": {
"Default": "",
"Description": "Commaseparated list of existing subnets within the existing VPC. Could be just one.",
"Type": "CommaDelimitedList"
},
"VPCSecurityGroup": {
"Default": "",
"Description": "Existing VPC security group. That should be the ID of the VPC's default security group.",
"Type": "String"
}
},
"Mappings": {
"Region2WinAMI": {
"us-east-1": { "64": "ami-40f0d32a" },
"us-west-1": { "64": "ami-20601740" },
"us-west-2": { "64": "ami-ff4baf9f" },
"eu-west-1": { "64": "ami-3367d340" }
}
},
"Resources": {
"ServiceInstance": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
"Metadata": {
"Comment": "Install Service",
"AWS::CloudFormation::Init": {
"configSets": {
"default": [ "ServiceConfig" ]
},
"ServiceConfig": {
"files": {
"c:\\service\\settings.config": {
"source": { "Fn::Join": [ "/", [ "https://s3.amazonaws.com", { "Ref": "DeploymentBucketName" }, "deployments/stacks", { "Ref": "AWS::StackName" }, "templates/settings.config.mustache" ] ] },
"context": {
"region": { "Ref": "AWS::Region" },
"accesskey": { "Ref": "IAMUserAccessKey" },
"secretkey": { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "IAMUserAccessKey", "SecretAccessKey" ] },
"bucket": { "Ref": "BucketName" }
}
},
"c:\\cfn\\cfn-hup.conf": {
"content": {
"Fn::Join": [
"",
[
"[main]\n",
"stack=",
{ "Ref": "AWS::StackId" },
"\n",
"region=",
{ "Ref": "AWS::Region" },
"\n",
"interval=1"
]
]
}
},
"c:\\cfn\\hooks.d\\cfn-auto-reloader.conf": {
"content": {
"Fn::Join": [
"",
[
"[cfn-auto-reloader-hook]\n",
"triggers=post.update\n",
"path=Resources.ServiceInstance.Metadata.AWS::CloudFormation::Init\n",
"action=cfn-init.exe -v -s ",
{ "Ref": "AWS::StackName" },
" -r ServiceInstance --region ",
{ "Ref": "AWS::Region" },
"\n"
]
]
}
}
},
"sources": {
"c:\\tmp\\service": { "Fn::Join": [ "/", [ "https://s3.amazonaws.com", { "Ref": "DeploymentBucketName" }, "deployments/stacks", { "Ref": "AWS::StackName" }, "artifacts/Service", { "Ref": "ServicePackageName" } ] ] }
},
"commands": {
"Install Service": {
"command": "call c:\\tmp\\service\\install.bat",
"ignoreErrors": "false"
}
},
"services": {
"windows": {
"cfn-hup": {
"enabled": "true",
"ensureRunning": "true",
"files": [ "c:\\cfn\\cfn-hup.conf", "c:\\cfn\\hooks.d\\cfn-auto-reloader.conf" ]
}
}
}
}
}
},
"Properties": {
"ImageId": { "Fn::FindInMap": [ "Region2WinAMI", { "Ref": "AWS::Region" }, "64" ] },
"InstanceType": "t2.micro",
"KeyName": { "Ref": "KeyPair" },
"SecurityGroupIds" : [{ "Ref": "VPCSecurityGroup" }],
"SubnetId" : { "Fn::Select": [ "0", { "Ref": "VPCSubnets" } ] },
"UserData": {
"Fn::Base64": {
"Fn::Join": [
"",
[
"<script>\n",
"if not exist \"C:\\logs\" mkdir C:\\logs \n",
"cfn-init.exe -v -s ",
{ "Ref": "AWS::StackName" },
" -r ServiceInstance --region ",
{ "Ref": "AWS::Region" },
" -c default \n",
"</script>\n"
]
]
}
},
"BlockDeviceMappings": [
{
"DeviceName": "/dev/sda1",
"Ebs": {
"DeleteOnTermination": "true",
"VolumeSize": "40",
"VolumeType": "gp2"
}
}
],
"Tags": [
{ "Key": "Name", "Value": { "Fn::Join": [ ".", [ { "Ref": "AWS::StackName" }, "service" ] ] } }
]
}
},
"BucketName": {
"Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket",
"Properties": {
"AccessControl": "PublicRead"
},
"DeletionPolicy": "Retain"
},
"IAMUser": {
"Type": "AWS::IAM::User",
"Properties": {
"Path": "/",
"Groups": [ "stack-users" ],
"Policies": [
{
"PolicyName": "giveaccesstobuckets",
"PolicyDocument": {
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [ "s3:*" ],
"Resource": [ { "Fn::Join": [ "", [ "arn:aws:s3:::", { "Ref": "BucketName" }, "/*" ] ] } ]
}
]
}
}
]
}
},
"IAMUserAccessKey": {
"Type": "AWS::IAM::AccessKey",
"Properties": {
"UserName": { "Ref": "IAMUser" }
}
}
}
}
As you can see, after copying the artifacts, we execute install.bat batch file (included in the zip file) that will move the files to the correct location and register the service. Here is the contents of the file:
@echo off
sc query MyService > NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL 1060 GOTO COPYANDCREATE
sc stop MyService
waitfor /T 20 ServiceStop
echo D | xcopy "c:\tmp\service" "c:\service\" /E /Y /i
GOTO END
:COPYANDCREATE
echo D | xcopy "c:\tmp\service" "c:\service\" /E /Y /i
sc create MyService binpath= "c:\service\MyService.exe" start= "auto"
:END
sc start MyService
Template also creates config file (from the settings.config.mustache which also resides on the artifacts bucket) containing information about the other resources that has been created for the service to use. Here it is:
<appSettings>
<add key="AWSAccessKey" value="{{accesskey}}" />
<add key="AWSSecretKey" value="{{secretkey}}" />
<add key="AWSRegion" value="{{region}}" />
<add key="AWSBucket" value="{{bucket}}" />
</appSettings>
You create and later update the stack either from the AWS web console or CLI.
And that's pretty much it. You can visit the AWS CloudFormation website to get more info about the service and how to work with templates.
P.S.: I realised that it would be better if I also share the template that creates the VPC. I keep it separate as I have one VPC per region. You can integrate it with the Service template if you wish, but that would mean that every time you create new stack a new VPC will be also created. Here is the VPC template:
{
"AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
"Description": "VPC stack template.",
"Mappings": {
"Region2AZ": {
"us-east-1": { "AZ": [ "us-east-1a", "us-east-1b", "us-east-1d" ] },
"us-west-1": { "AZ": [ "us-west-1b", "us-west-1c" ] },
"us-west-2": { "AZ": [ "us-west-2a", "us-west-2b", "us-west-2c" ] },
"eu-west-1": { "AZ": [ "eu-west-1a", "eu-west-1b", "eu-west-1c" ] }
}
},
"Conditions": {
"RegionHas3Zones": { "Fn::Not" : [ { "Fn::Equals" : [ { "Ref": "AWS::Region" }, "us-west-1" ] } ] }
},
"Resources": {
"VPC": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::VPC",
"Properties": {
"CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16",
"EnableDnsSupport" : "true",
"EnableDnsHostnames" : "true"
}
},
"VPCSecurityGroup": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
"Properties": {
"GroupDescription": "Security group for VPC.",
"VpcId": { "Ref": "VPC" }
}
},
"Subnet0": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": { "Ref": "VPC" },
"CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/24",
"AvailabilityZone": { "Fn::Select": [ "0", { "Fn::FindInMap": [ "Region2AZ", { "Ref": "AWS::Region" }, "AZ" ] } ] }
}
},
"Subnet1": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": { "Ref": "VPC" },
"CidrBlock": "10.0.1.0/24",
"AvailabilityZone": { "Fn::Select": [ "1", { "Fn::FindInMap": [ "Region2AZ", { "Ref": "AWS::Region" }, "AZ" ] } ] }
}
},
"Subnet2": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
"Condition": "RegionHas3Zones",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": { "Ref": "VPC" },
"CidrBlock": "10.0.2.0/24",
"AvailabilityZone": { "Fn::Select": [ "2", { "Fn::FindInMap": [ "Region2AZ", { "Ref": "AWS::Region" }, "AZ" ] } ] }
}
},
"InternetGateway": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::InternetGateway",
"Properties": {
}
},
"AttachGateway": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": { "Ref": "VPC" },
"InternetGatewayId": { "Ref": "InternetGateway" }
}
},
"RouteTable": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::RouteTable",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": { "Ref": "VPC" }
}
},
"Route": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::Route",
"DependsOn": "AttachGateway",
"Properties": {
"RouteTableId": { "Ref": "RouteTable" },
"DestinationCidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
"GatewayId": { "Ref": "InternetGateway" }
}
},
"SubnetRouteTableAssociation0": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
"Properties": {
"SubnetId": { "Ref": "Subnet0" },
"RouteTableId": { "Ref": "RouteTable" }
}
},
"SubnetRouteTableAssociation1": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
"Properties": {
"SubnetId": { "Ref": "Subnet1" },
"RouteTableId": { "Ref": "RouteTable" }
}
},
"SubnetRouteTableAssociation2": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
"Condition": "RegionHas3Zones",
"Properties": {
"SubnetId": { "Ref": "Subnet2" },
"RouteTableId": { "Ref": "RouteTable" }
}
},
"NetworkAcl": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::NetworkAcl",
"Properties": {
"VpcId": { "Ref": "VPC" }
}
},
"AllowAllInboundTCPAclEntry": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry",
"Properties": {
"NetworkAclId": { "Ref": "NetworkAcl" },
"RuleNumber": "100",
"Protocol": "6",
"RuleAction": "allow",
"Egress": "false",
"CidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
"PortRange": { "From": "0", "To": "65535" }
}
},
"AllowAllInboundUDPAclEntry": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry",
"Properties": {
"NetworkAclId": { "Ref": "NetworkAcl" },
"RuleNumber": "101",
"Protocol": "17",
"RuleAction": "allow",
"Egress": "false",
"CidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
"PortRange": { "From": "0", "To": "65535" }
}
},
"AllowAllOutboundTCPAclEntry": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry",
"Properties": {
"NetworkAclId": { "Ref": "NetworkAcl" },
"RuleNumber": "100",
"Protocol": "6",
"RuleAction": "allow",
"Egress": "true",
"CidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
"PortRange": { "From": "0", "To": "65535" }
}
},
"AllowAllOutboundUDPAclEntry": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry",
"Properties": {
"NetworkAclId": { "Ref": "NetworkAcl" },
"RuleNumber": "101",
"Protocol": "17",
"RuleAction": "allow",
"Egress": "true",
"CidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
"PortRange": { "From": "0", "To": "65535" }
}
},
"SubnetNetworkAclAssociation0": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetNetworkAclAssociation",
"Properties": {
"SubnetId": { "Ref": "Subnet0" },
"NetworkAclId": { "Ref": "NetworkAcl" }
}
},
"SubnetNetworkAclAssociation1": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetNetworkAclAssociation",
"Properties": {
"SubnetId": { "Ref": "Subnet1" },
"NetworkAclId": { "Ref": "NetworkAcl" }
}
},
"SubnetNetworkAclAssociation2": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetNetworkAclAssociation",
"Condition": "RegionHas3Zones",
"Properties": {
"SubnetId": { "Ref": "Subnet2" },
"NetworkAclId": { "Ref": "NetworkAcl" }
}
}
},
"Outputs": {
"VPC": {
"Description": "VPC",
"Value": { "Ref": "VPC" }
},
"VPCSecurityGroup": {
"Description": "VPC Security Group Id",
"Value": { "Fn::GetAtt": [ "VPCSecurityGroup", "GroupId" ] }
},
"Subnet0": {
"Description": "Subnet0 Id",
"Value": { "Ref": "Subnet0" }
},
"Subnet1": {
"Description": "Subnet1 Id",
"Value": { "Ref": "Subnet1" }
},
"Subnet2": {
"Description": "Subnet2 Id",
"Condition": "RegionHas3Zones",
"Value": { "Ref": "Subnet2" }
}
}
}
