Connect to ec2

aws ec2-instance-connect ssh --instance-id i-ID

Install Requirements

pip3 install alpaca-py pip3 install alpaca-trade-api pip3 install lumibot --upgrade

pip install yappi # Profiling to improve performance

Steps to create a layer

mkdir python cd python pip install -r requirements.txt --only-binary=:all: --target .

mkdir python zip -r lumibot_layer.zip python

aws lambda publish-layer-version --layer-name lumibot_layer
--zip-file fileb://lumibot_layer.zip
--compatible-runtimes python3.12
--compatible-architectures "x86_64"

Startup script

trading_app.service

[Unit] Description=Trading Application After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.target

[Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/ec2-user/tradingapp/stock_trading_bot_ma.py Restart=always User=ec2-user

user_data.sh

#!/bin/bash yum update -y yum install -y python3 pip3 install -r /home/ec2-user/tradingapp/requirements.txt

Copy the systemd service file to the correct location

cp /home/ec2-user/tradingapp/trading_app.service /etc/systemd/system/

Enable and start the systemd service

Set userdata in ec2 isntance config