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AWS Integration Phase-II

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a cloud-based email sending service to send transactional, promotional, and other types of emails to customers.

Overview

overview

Setting up SES

Create a Sender Identity (Sandbox Mode)

It is an domain, subdomain or an email to utilize to send emails through SES.

  • From address:

    • SES Dashboard → Identities → Create identity → Indentity Details: Email address → Set email address → Create Identity

    identity

    • Verify the provided email address.

      verify

  • To address:

    Repeat the previous steps to create another email for the "To address".

Optional Note: If encountering issues with SES access, update IAM User policies with "AmazonSESFullAccess".

Integration

Installation

Execute the following command to install the necessary package:

pip install -U django-ses

Setup settings.py

Update your settings to integrate SES:

settings.py
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_ses.SESBackend'
AWS_SES_REGION_NAME = 'us-east-2'   # for Ohio
AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT = f'email.{AWS_SES_REGION_NAME}.amazonaws.com'

Send Test Mail

Test your SES configuration by sending a test email using Python shell:

  • Code:

    python manage.py shell

    from django.core.mail import send_mail
send_mail("Subject", "Body", "From address", ["To address 1", "To address 2"])

    sendmail

    A success output "1" confirms the email was sent.

  • Verify:

    email_sent

Production Access

Here we don't need to add any sender email address, rather we can mail any email address we want. Gain access for production use by following these steps:

  • SES Dashboard → View get set up page → Request production access → Fill the form as per your requirements → Submit request

    production_access

  • Further details on production access can be found here

AWS Elastic Beanstalk (EB)

Amazon Elastic Beanstalk (EB) simplifies the deployment and management of web applications and services in the cloud.

Overview

overview

Setting up EB

Install EB CLI

Note: To ensure a smooth installation, EB CLI and pyyaml 5.3.1 package need to be installed globally.

pip install pyyaml==5.3.1 awsebcli

After installation, type eb in the terminal to confirm successful setup.

ebcli

For additional macOS instructions, refer to the guide

Integration

Installation

Execute the following command to install the necessary package:

pip install -U gunicorn