Setting up your Go development environment for Elastic Beanstalk

This topic provides instructions to set up a Go development environment to test your application locally prior to deploying it to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. It also references websites that provide installation instructions for useful tools.

For common setup steps and tools that apply to all languages, see Configuring your development machine for use with Elastic Beanstalk.

Installing Go

To run Go applications locally, install Go. If you don't need a specific version, get the latest version that Elastic Beanstalk supports. For a list of supported versions, see Go in the AWS Elastic Beanstalk Platforms document.

Download Go at https://golang.org/doc/install.

Installing the AWS SDK for Go

If you need to manage AWS resources from within your application, install the AWS SDK for Go by using the following command.

$ go get github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go

For more information, see AWS SDK for Go.