**To create a new application version** The following command creates a new version, "v1" of an application named "MyApp":: aws elasticbeanstalk create-application-version --application-name MyApp --version-label v1 --description MyAppv1 --source-bundle S3Bucket="my-bucket",S3Key="sample.war" --auto-create-application The application will be created automatically if it does not already exist, due to the auto-create-application option. The source bundle is a .war file stored in an s3 bucket named "my-bucket" that contains the Apache Tomcat sample application. Output:: { "ApplicationVersion": { "ApplicationName": "MyApp", "VersionLabel": "v1", "Description": "MyAppv1", "DateCreated": "2015-02-03T23:01:25.412Z", "DateUpdated": "2015-02-03T23:01:25.412Z", "SourceBundle": { "S3Bucket": "my-bucket", "S3Key": "sample.war" } } }