Can I update Amazon's old versions of pip and setuptools?

Question

Can I update or remove the pip and setuptools provided with AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

The versions of pip and setuptools provided with my AWS Elastic Beanstalk Python envir

Answer 1

Try adding an ebextension file that will upgrade pip before running pip install -r requirements.txt

for example:

004_prehook.config

files:
  "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/pre/02a_upgrade_pip.sh":
  mode: "000755"
  owner: root
  group: root
  content: |
    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    source /opt/python/run/venv/bin/activate
    python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip