Running on Amazon ECS

Amazon ECS is essentially managed docker allowed you to run multi-container environments easily with minimal configuration.

You'll need the following first:

• AWS Account
• AWS ECS Cluster with at least one instance assigned

Once that is done, create a Task Definition with the JSON below. You will need to set the following values:

• POKEMON_USERNAME - username for pokemongo
• POKEMON_PASSWORD - password for pokemongo
• POKEMON_AUTH_SERVICE - Define if you are using google or ptc auth
• POKEMON_LOCATION - Location to search
• POKEMON_DB_USER - Database user for MariaDB
• POKEMON_DB_PASS - Database password for MariaDB

{
    "taskRoleArn": null,
    "containerDefinitions": [
        {
            "volumesFrom": [],
            "memory": 128,
            "extraHosts": null,
            "dnsServers": null,
            "disableNetworking": null,
            "dnsSearchDomains": null,
            "portMappings": [
                {
                    "hostPort": 80,
                    "containerPort": 5000,
                    "protocol": "tcp"
                }
            ],
            "hostname": null,
            "essential": true,
            "entryPoint": null,
            "mountPoints": [],
            "name": "pokemongomap",
            "ulimits": null,
            "dockerSecurityOptions": null,
            "environment": [
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_DB_TYPE",
                    "value": "mysql"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_LOCATION",
                    "value": "Seattle, WA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_DB_HOST",
                    "value": "database"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_NUM_THREADS",
                    "value": "1"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_DB_NAME",
                    "value": "pogom"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_PASSWORD",
                    "value": "MyPassword"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_GMAPS_KEY",
                    "value": "SUPERSECRET"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_AUTH_SERVICE",
                    "value": "ptc"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_DB_PASS",
                    "value": "somedbpassword"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_DB_USER",
                    "value": "pogom"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_STEP_LIMIT",
                    "value": "10"
                },
                {
                    "name": "POKEMON_USERNAME",
                    "value": "MyUser"
                }
            ],
            "links": [
                "database"
            ],
            "workingDirectory": null,
            "readonlyRootFilesystem": null,
            "image": "ashex/pokemongo-map",
            "command": null,
            "user": null,
            "dockerLabels": null,
            "logConfiguration": null,
            "cpu": 1,
            "privileged": null
        },
        {
            "volumesFrom": [],
            "memory": 128,
            "extraHosts": null,
            "dnsServers": null,
            "disableNetworking": null,
            "dnsSearchDomains": null,
            "portMappings": [],
            "hostname": "database",
            "essential": true,
            "entryPoint": null,
            "mountPoints": [],
            "name": "database",
            "ulimits": null,
            "dockerSecurityOptions": null,
            "environment": [
                {
                    "name": "MYSQL_DATABASE",
                    "value": "pogom"
                },
                {
                    "name": "MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD",
                    "value": "yes"
                },
                {
                    "name": "MYSQL_PASSWORD",
                    "value": "somedbpassword"
                },
                {
                    "name": "MYSQL_USER",
                    "value": "pogom"
                }
            ],
            "links": null,
            "workingDirectory": null,
            "readonlyRootFilesystem": null,
            "image": "mariadb:10.1.16",
            "command": null,
            "user": null,
            "dockerLabels": null,
            "logConfiguration": null,
            "cpu": 1,
            "privileged": null
        }
    ],
    "volumes": [],
    "family": "pokemongo-map"
}

If you would like to add workers you can easily do so by adding another container with the additional variable POKEMON_NO_SERVER set to true. You have to let one of the pokemongo-map container start first to create the database, an easy way to control this is to create a link from the worker to the primary one as it will delay the start.

Once the Task is running you'll be able to access the app via the Instances IP on port 80.