amazon web services - What files are needed for the AWS EB CLI 3.x tools?

Question

I've recently switched from old AWS EB CLI tools (2.6.4) to the current ones (3.0.10) and am wondering how to ensure that my project's configuration is migrated, and what configuration files I should keep.

I've run (the new version of) eb init and now have, in my project's .elasticbeanstalk directory, a new file

config.yml

along with several ones that were there before

config
optionsettings.sitetest-develop-env
optionsettings.sitetest-env

which of these are still needed; which can I delete; and what steps to I need to take to ensure that all of the old settings have been migrated to (and to the right place for) the 3.x AWS EB CLI tools?

Answer 1

@BMW's answer is very clear and good, but I thought I would provide a more condensed version. The only file the EB CLI 3.x needs is the config.yml in the .elasticbeanstalk folder

While 3.x will attempt to read your 2.x configurations and port them over, it is not needed. 3.x will also pull down settings from any running environments. Therefore the cleanest way to upgrade to 3.x is to create a new directory and use EB init. It will sync with your existing application and environment(s).