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Zulip on AWS by FOSSonCloud is an open-source AWS CloudFormation template that offers an easy-to-install AWS infrastructure solution for quickly deploying Zulip, using both AWS and Zulip best practices.
Automatically configured to support auto-scaling through AWS Autoscaling Groups, this solution leverages an S3 bucket for user generated content between application servers. It also provisions an ElastiCache Redis cluster for cache, an Amazon MQ RabbitMQ broker for the Zulip queue worker, and an Aurora PostgreSQL cluster for the database. It configures SES with Easy DKIM for emails, and configures Route53 with convenient DNS entries.
The template ensures multi-level security by incorporating AWS IAM for federated access to resources with least privilege and AWS managed keys and Secrets Manager to manage secrets for encryption of data at rest and in transit.
We support multiple availability zones using an RDS Aurora Postgresql cluster and EC2 Auto Scaling Groups.
Highlights
- Production-ready Zulip v11.6 site, with search, email, and caching
- Integrated with AWS Certificate Manager for HTTPS support
- Logs in CloudWatch Logs, Remote access via Session Manager
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.micro | $0.02 |
t2.micro | $0.02 |
r5d.12xlarge | $0.02 |
m5.4xlarge | $0.02 |
r5.24xlarge | $0.02 |
r5.large | $0.02 |
r5.8xlarge | $0.02 |
r5d.xlarge | $0.02 |
r5.16xlarge | $0.02 |
t2.xlarge | $0.02 |
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CloudFormation Template v2.0.0
Ordinary Experts Zulip Pattern deploys a production-ready Zulip chat server on AWS using AWS and Zulip best practices.
WHAT'S DEPLOYED
- VPC with public and private subnets (or use your existing VPC)
- Application Load Balancer with ACM certificate for HTTPS
- Network Load Balancer for inbound SMTP email (optional)
- Auto Scaling Group with EC2 instances running Zulip 12.0
- Aurora PostgreSQL cluster (multi-AZ)
- ElastiCache Redis cluster for caching
- Amazon MQ RabbitMQ broker for the Zulip queue worker
- S3 buckets for user-uploaded assets and public avatars
- SES domain identity with Easy DKIM for outbound email
- Route53 DNS records (including wildcard for Zulip realm subdomains)
- CloudWatch Logs integration
- AWS Secrets Manager for credential storage
- IAM roles with least-privilege permissions
REQUIREMENTS
- Route 53 hosted zone for DNS
- ACM certificate with a SAN covering the base hostname AND its wildcard subdomain (Zulip uses subdomains for realms)
CloudFormation Template (CFT)
AWS CloudFormation templates are JSON or YAML-formatted text files that simplify provisioning and management on AWS. The templates describe the service or application architecture you want to deploy, and AWS CloudFormation uses those templates to provision and configure the required services (such as Amazon EC2 instances or Amazon RDS DB instances). The deployed application and associated resources are called a "stack."
Version release notes
- Upgrade to Zulip version 12.0
- Bump versioned AMI parameter to AsgAmiIdv200
- Add test/integration/ pytest suite (health + SSM-driven realm bootstrap + REST API workflow)
- Bump common.mk pin to 1.9.4
- Rebrand AWS Marketplace listing to "Zulip on AWS by FOSSonCloud" with new FOSSonCloud logo
- Flatten Marketplace pricing to $0.02/hr across all instance dimensions
Additional details
Usage instructions
Run the stack, providing valid parameters. When the stack creation completes, go to the outputs of the stack and open the URL in your browser. See the FirstUseInstructions output for guidance on creating an initial organization. To access the application servers, find the EC2 instance in the AWS console and Connect using the Session Manager option. For more detailed instructions, see the GitHub project.
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Email support offered with subscription. https://fossoncloud.com/products/zulip
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