macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install aws-elasticbeanstalklocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install ebMacPorts ports tree · textproc/eb/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install aws-elasticbeanstalk with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, zypper
Client for Amazon Elastic Beanstalk web service. Version 3.27.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-30.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install eb-docDebian stable package indexes · eb-doc · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install ebFedora Rawhide package metadata · eb · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install ebopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · eb · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Client for Amazon Elastic Beanstalk web service
Project links
Commands and aliases
- eb
- ebp
history
Project history and usage
The AWS Elastic Beanstalk CLI, usually invoked as `eb`, is AWS's higher-level command-line client for creating, deploying, updating, and monitoring Elastic Beanstalk applications and environments. It sits above the lower-level AWS CLI Elastic Beanstalk API commands and adds project-aware workflows, Git integration, interactive initialization, environment management, and deployment packaging.
Project history
Elastic Beanstalk itself was announced by AWS on January 19, 2011 as a managed application deployment service that provisions capacity, load balancing, auto scaling, and health monitoring around uploaded applications. The EB CLI grew around that platform as the developer-friendly local workflow for Beanstalk projects.
The current EB CLI repository states that the CLI is now open source and hosted on GitHub. Its README presents the project as the command-line interface for deploying and managing Elastic Beanstalk applications and environments, with integration with Git and contribution through issues and pull requests.
The upstream changelog shows an actively maintained 3.x line. Recent entries include Python dependency support work, region and bucket updates, IIS migration helpers, remote execution work, Python 3.12 support, and security fixes for local state deserialization and zip extraction.
Adoption history
The EB CLI became the Beanstalk-specific companion to general AWS CLI usage: AWS documentation explicitly contrasts the lower-level AWS CLI sequence for creating environments with the EB CLI's project-oriented single-command workflow. That made `eb init`, `eb create`, `eb deploy`, and related commands standard muscle memory for Beanstalk users.
Homebrew analytics showed 316 installs in 30 days, 1,512 in 90 days, and 8,175 in 365 days at the time of this batch. Those figures are modest relative to the AWS CLI, but healthy for a service-specific deployment tool whose main distribution path also includes pip and AWS's setup scripts.
How it is used
Typical usage starts by installing the CLI, configuring a project directory, and running commands such as `eb create` or `eb deploy`. AWS documentation says the EB CLI can create environments with a single command after installation and configuration.
The CLI stores project settings in `.elasticbeanstalk/config.yml` and reads credentials from command-line options, environment variables, shared AWS credentials and config files, the legacy EB CLI config file, and EC2 instance profile credentials, in that documented precedence order.
Why package nerds care
For package-manager people, aws-elasticbeanstalk is a classic example of a cloud vendor's service-specific CLI packaged outside the service's own installer story. The Homebrew formula wraps the Python `awsebcli` distribution, while AWS still recommends a separate setup-script repository for users who want an isolated virtual environment and pinned dependencies.
Timeline
- 2011: AWS announces Elastic Beanstalk beta.
- 3.x: EB CLI is maintained as the open-source `aws/aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli` project.
- 2024: EB CLI 3.21.0 updates dependencies and declares support boundaries around Python versions.
- 2026: EB CLI 3.27.x changelog entries include AI log analysis, region updates, and security fixes.
Related projects
- aws/aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli-setup: AWS's recommended setup-script installer repository.
- AWS CLI Elastic Beanstalk commands: lower-level API access for the same service.
- Elastic Beanstalk `.ebextensions`: application-source configuration files used by the service.
Sources
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2011/01/19/introducing-aws-elastic-beanstalk-beta/
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/eb-cli3-configuration.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/eb-cli3.html
- https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/aws-elasticbeanstalk.json
- https://github.com/aws/aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli/master/CHANGES.rst
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for aws-elasticbeanstalk. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
./.elasticbeanstalk/config.yml
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.aws/credentials~/.aws/config~/.elasticbeanstalk/config- Windows
%USERPROFILE%\.aws\credentials%USERPROFILE%\.aws\config%USERPROFILE%\.elasticbeanstalk\config
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
eb | cli | global executable | |
ebp | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version3.27.3
manager updated2026-06-30
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/eb-cli3.html
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/eb-cli3.htmlnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:aws-elasticbeanstalk |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.27.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aws-elasticbeanstalk |
| Homepage | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/eb-cli3.html |
| Repository | https://github.com/aws/aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli |
| Upstream docs | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/eb-cli3-configuration.html |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b8/b1/ee48b9e7a0e0c03254d27623f2b82a95f0ba95defe9bc6a6dc334d925501/awsebcli-3.27.3.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-30T22:04:48Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | certifi, cryptography, libsodium, libyaml, python@3.14 |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf, rust |
| Uses from macOS | libffi |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | aws-elasticbeanstalk |
| Aliases |
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| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
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Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
MacPorts94%
eb
sudo port install eb- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
Debian apt92%
eb-doc 4.4.3-14.3
C library for accessing electronic books (documents)
https://www.mistys-internet.website/eb/index-en.html
sudo apt install eb-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: eb
- 3 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
Debian apt92%
eb-utils 4.4.3-14.3
C library for accessing electronic books (utilities)
https://www.mistys-internet.website/eb/index-en.html
sudo apt install eb-utils- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: eb
- 3 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
Debian apt92%
libeb16-dev 4.4.3-14.3
C library for accessing electronic books (development files)
https://www.mistys-internet.website/eb/index-en.html
sudo apt install libeb16-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: eb
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
Debian apt92%
libeb16t64 4.4.3-14.3
C library for accessing electronic books (runtime files)
https://www.mistys-internet.website/eb/index-en.html
sudo apt install libeb16t64- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: eb
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 3 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
Ubuntu apt92%
eb-doc 4.4.3-14.2
C library for accessing electronic books (documents)
http://www.sra.co.jp/people/m-kasahr/eb/
sudo apt install eb-doc- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: eb
- 3 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
Ubuntu apt92%
eb-utils 4.4.3-14.2
C library for accessing electronic books (utilities)
http://www.sra.co.jp/people/m-kasahr/eb/
sudo apt install eb-utils- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: eb
- 3 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
Ubuntu apt92%
libeb16-dev 4.4.3-14.2
C library for accessing electronic books (development files)
http://www.sra.co.jp/people/m-kasahr/eb/
sudo apt install libeb16-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: eb
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
Ubuntu apt92%
libeb16t64 4.4.3-14.2
C library for accessing electronic books (runtime files)
http://www.sra.co.jp/people/m-kasahr/eb/
sudo apt install libeb16t64- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: eb
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 3 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
dnf92%
eb 4.4.3-30.fc44
Library for accessing Japanese CD-ROM electronic books
http://www.sra.co.jp/people/m-kasahr/eb/
sudo dnf install eb- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: eb
- 6 dependencies
- 2 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
dnf92%
eb-devel 4.4.3-30.fc44
Development files for eb
http://www.sra.co.jp/people/m-kasahr/eb/
sudo dnf install eb-devel- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: eb
- 3 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
zypper92%
eb 4.4.3-7.3
C Library for Accessing CD-ROM Books
sudo zypper install eb- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: eb
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
zypper92%
eb-devel 4.4.3-7.3
EB Header Files and Libraries
sudo zypper install eb-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: eb
- 1 dependencies
- 2 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
zypper92%
eb-lang 4.4.3-7.3
Translations for package eb
sudo zypper install eb-lang- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: System/Localization
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: eb
- 1 dependencies
- 3 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
zypper92%
libeb16 4.4.3-7.3
C Library for Accessing CD-ROM Books - shared library
sudo zypper install libeb16- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: eb
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Eb
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