Recommended way how to setup loadballanced Beanstalk application accessible from the Internet

To set up a load-balanced Elastic Beanstalk application that's accessible from the Internet, here's a recommended approach:

1. Create an AWS account if you haven't already.

2. Open the Elastic Beanstalk console and select your desired AWS Region.

3. Create your Elastic Beanstalk application and environment. When creating the environment, make sure to choose a load-balanced configuration. By default, Elastic Beanstalk will create an Application Load Balancer (ALB) for your environment.

4. Deploy your application to the Elastic Beanstalk environment.

5. To make your application accessible via a domain name that won't change:

• If you own a domain, use Amazon Route 53 to create a DNS record that points to your Elastic Beanstalk environment's URL.
• If you don't own a domain, you can use the default URL provided by Elastic Beanstalk, which is a subdomain of elasticbeanstalk.com.

6. For enhanced security, consider setting up HTTPS:

• Create an SSL certificate using AWS Certificate Manager (ACM).
• Configure your load balancer to use HTTPS by adding a secure listener on port 443.
• Set up a rule to redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS.

7. If you need a static IP address, you can use Amazon Route 53 to create an Alias record that points to your Elastic Beanstalk environment. While the underlying IP addresses may change, the Alias record will always route traffic to your application.

This setup provides a scalable, load-balanced application that's accessible from the Internet via a consistent domain name. The load balancer distributes incoming traffic across multiple EC2 instances, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. Elastic Beanstalk handles the deployment details, including capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring, allowing you to focus on your application code.
Sources
Deploying application and routing traffic to Elastic Beanstalk | AWS re:Post
Configuring an Application Load Balancer - AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Web App Deployment - AWS Elastic Beanstalk - AWS