How to deploy mongoDB Docker image to Elastic Beanstalk?

Now several months later, this is possible by using the Multicontainer Docker environment type: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create_deploy_docker_ecs.html.

Here's a proof-of-concept Dockerrun.aws.json which I have not yet used in production:

{ "AWSEBDockerrunVersion": 2, "volumes": [ { "name": "mongo-app", "host": { "sourcePath": "/var/app/current/mongo-app" } } ], "containerDefinitions": [ { "name": "mongo-app", "image": "mongo", "essential": true, "memory": 6000, "command": ["mongod","--storageEngine=wiredTiger","--logpath=/var/log/mongodb/mongo.log"], "portMappings": [ { "hostPort": 27017, "containerPort": 27017 } ], "mountPoints": [ { "sourceVolume": "mongo-app", "containerPath": "/data/db" }, { "sourceVolume": "awseb-logs-mongo-app", "containerPath": "/var/log/mongodb" } ] } ] } 

This approach requires that the environment type is set to Multicontainer Docker and that a security group is attached to Elastic Beanstalk environment that allows accessing port 27017 from database clients.

Dockerrun.aws.json has a whole section for ports. You could use that instead of the lower layer ebextensions config file.

{ "AWSEBDockerrunVersion": "1", "Authentication": { "Bucket": "my-bucket", "Key": "mydockercfg" }, "Image": { "Name": "janedoe/image", "Update": "true" }, "Ports": [ { "ContainerPort": "1234" } ], "Volumes": [ { "HostDirectory": "/var/app/mydb", "ContainerDirectory": "/etc/mysql" } ], "Logging": "/var/log/nginx" }