How to test for different DeploymentStatus for configuration settings of elastic beanstalk environment

[joshtyf]

According to the docs, there are a few possible deployment statuses available when describing the configuration settings of an elastic beanstalk environment.

If this configuration set is associated with an environment, the DeploymentStatus parameter indicates the deployment status of this configuration set:

null : This configuration is not associated with a running environment.
pending : This is a draft configuration that is not deployed to the associated environment but is in the process of deploying.
deployed : This is the configuration that is currently deployed to the associated running environment.
failed : This is a draft configuration that failed to successfully deploy.

However, I am only ever able to get it as 'deployed'. I am currently using the Elastic Beanstalk Console to try and modify the configuration options, but I am unable to change it to anything else.

Things I've tried on the Elastic Beanstalk Console:

• Saving a configuration, deleting that environment on the console; then searching for that configuration by specifying the TemplateName within my code
• Changing the configuration of the environment directly, and then searching for the environment configuration by specifying EnvironmentName. I've even tried to modify the instance of the environment so as to trigger a reprovisioning, but it still shows deployed
• scheduling a configuration change: I scheduled a change in MaxSize

Would appreciate some help on this! Thank you

[aBurmeseDev]

Hi @joshtyf, thanks for reaching out!
Are you expecting more than one deploymentStatus? If so, could you share your code snippet or steps for me to reproduce?
It might also be helpful to share debug logs by adding boto3.set_stream_logger('') to your script.

[joshtyf]

Hi @aBurmeseDev, thanks for responding!

I'm making a simple call to get the configuration settings for my elastic beanstalk environments.

configuration_settings = client.describe_configuration_settings(
            EnvironmentName=environment_name,
            ApplicationName=application_name,
        )

Based on the docs and the data structure of the ConfigurationSettings, I should be expecting a list of settings, each with their own DeploymentStatus. However, I am only ever able to get 1 setting within this list, and it always has its DeploymentStatus set to deployed. The rest of my program is dependent on this DeploymentStatus and so I am trying to test for edge cases such as:

1. receiving only 1 setting within the list, and this setting has a different DeploymentStatus other than deployed
2. receiving multiple settings within the list, one of which is deployed, while the rest have other DeploymentStatus

I am unable to produce both cases based on my various attempts as mentioned in the original post above. I would like to seek help in trying to produce these cases.

[aBurmeseDev]

Hi @joshtyf, thanks for sharing the additional info. In this case, are you expecting "Pending" or "Failed" deploymentStatus? Also, it's worth to mention that it's possible to receive more than one set of setting description however it's not guaranteed. Here's reference from the doc:

When describing the settings for the configuration set associated with a running environment, it is possible to receive two sets of setting descriptions. One is the deployed configuration set, and the other is a draft configuration of an environment that is either in the process of deployment or that failed to deploy.

As this seems more like a general Elastic Beanstalk related question and may not directly have to do with boto3, it might be helpful to post on re:Post.

[joshtyf]

Alright @aBurmeseDev thanks for your help. Indeed, it seems like it might be better to post on the official AWS platform. Thank you very much!