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Virtual Waiting Room on AWS

Site wrapper to absorb and control user traffic flowing into smaller web sites.

Prerequisites for Customization

• Install/update to Python 3.x
• Install the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Create a Python virtual environment using requirements.txt and activate it
• Configure the bucket name of your target Amazon S3 distribution bucket

Building distributable for customization

• Configure the bucket name of your target Amazon S3 distribution bucket

1export DIST_OUTPUT_BUCKET=<MY-BUCKET-NAME> # bucket where customized code will reside
2export SOLUTION_NAME=my-solution-name
3export VERSION=my-version # version number for the customized code

Note: You would have to create an S3 bucket with the prefix '-'; is where you are testing the customized solution. Also, the assets in bucket should be publicly accessible.

• Now build the distributable:

1cd deployment
2chmod +x ./build-s3-dist.sh 
3./build-s3-dist.sh $DIST_OUTPUT_BUCKET $SOLUTION_NAME $VERSION 

• Deploy the distributable to an Amazon S3 bucket in your account. The head-bucket command verifies that your account owns the bucket. Note: you must have the AWS Command Line Interface installed.

1aws s3api head-bucket --bucket <MY-BUCKET-NAME>-<AWS-REGION> --expected-bucket-owner <AWS-ACCOUNT-ID>
2aws s3 sync regional-s3-assets/ s3://<MY-BUCKET-NAME>-<AWS-REGION>/$SOLUTION_NAME/$VERSION/  

• Get the link of the solution template uploaded to your Amazon S3 bucket.
• Deploy the solution to your account by launching a new AWS CloudFormation stack using the link of the solution template in Amazon S3.

Running unit tests for customization

• Some packages require a build before unit tests will run
• Install the common package into the virtual envronment before running

1cd ./deployment
2chmod +x ./run-unit-tests.sh 
3./run-unit-tests.sh 

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File Structure

1├── deployment
2│   ├── Dockerfile [ Used by docker_build script for building jwcrypto library ]
3│   ├── virtual-waiting-room-on-aws-api-gateway-cw-logs-role.json   [ Base template for CloudWatch Logs role ] 
4│   ├── virtual-waiting-room-on-aws-authorizers.json [ Base template for authorizers ]
5│   ├── virtual-waiting-room-on-aws-getting-started.json [ Nested template for new users ]
6│   ├── virtual-waiting-room-on-aws-openid.json    [ Base template for Open ID ]
7│   ├── virtual-waiting-room-on-aws-sample-inlet-strategy.json   [ Base template for sample inlet strategy]
8│   ├── virtual-waiting-room-on-aws-sample.json    [ Base template for sample site ]
9│   ├── virtual-waiting-room-on-aws-swagger-private-api.json   [ Swagger file for private API ]
10│   ├── virtual-waiting-room-on-aws-swagger-public-api.json    [ Swagger file for public API ]
11│   ├── virtual-waiting-room-on-aws.json   [ Base template for core API ]
12│   ├── build-s3-dist.sh    [ Script for building distributables and preparing the CloudFormation templates ]
13│   ├── deploy.sh   [ Script for building distributables and preparing the CloudFormation templates ]
14│   ├── docker_build.sh   [ Script for building jwcrypto library ]
15│   ├── global-s3-assets  [ Directory for writing out CloudFormation during local build ]
16│   ├── regional-s3-assets     [ Directory for writing out CloudFormation during local build ]
17│   ├── requirements.txt    [ System requirements for local builds ]
18│   └── run-unit-tests.sh   [ Script to run unit tests ]
19├── docs
20│   ├── developer-guide.md    [ Waiting room developer guide ]
21│   ├── install-guide.md      [ Waiting room installation guide ]
22│   ├── physical-view.drawio
23│   ├── physical-view.jpg
24│   ├── sequence-diagrams.drawio
25│   └── software-architecture.md
26└── source
27    ├── control-panel    [ Source files for sample control panel ]
28    ├── core-api    [ Source files for core API ]
29    ├── core-api-authorizers-sample   [ Source files Authorizers ]
30    ├── openid-waitingroom    [ Source files for Open ID ]
31    ├── sample-inlet-strategies   [ Source files for inlet strategies ]
32    ├── sample-waiting-room-site   [ Source files for sample waiting room ]
33    ├── shared    [ Source files for shared library ]
34    ├── token-authorizer    [ Source files for token authorizer ]
35    └── tools   [ Source files for tools and helper scripts ]

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Collection of operational metrics

This solution collects anonymized operational metrics to help AWS improve the quality of features of the solution. For more information, including how to disable this capability, please see the implementation guide.

External Contributors

@kght6123 for #232

License

Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0