Requirements File
Create a requirements.txt file and place it in the top-level directory of your source bundle. A typical Python
application will
have dependencies on other third-party Python packages. In Python, pip is the standard
way of installing packages. Pip has a feature that allows you to
specify all the packages you need (as well as their versions) in a single requirements
file. For more information about the requirements file, go to
Requirements File Format. The following is an
example requirements.txt file for Django.
Django==1.11.3 MySQL-python==1.2.5
In your development environment, you can use the pip freeze command to generate your requirements file.
~/my-app$pip freeze > requirements.txt
To ensure that your requirements file only contains packages that are actually used
by your application, use a virtual environment that only has those packages installed. Outside of a virtual environment, the output
of
pip freeze will include all pip packages installed on your development machine, including those
that came with your operating
system.
Note
Elastic Beanstalk doesn't natively support Pipenv or Pipfiles. If you use Pipenv to
manage your application's dependencies, run the following command to
generate a requirements.txt file.
~/my-app$pipenv lock -r > requirements.txt
To learn more, see Generating a requirements.txt in the Pipenv documentation.
