Deploys and operates containerized workloads on ECS, Fargate, and ECR. Covers task definitions, Fargate services, ECR repository setup and lifecycle policies,…
AWS Containers Service Overview Developer Need Recommend Key CLI / CDK Simplest container deploy (HTTP app/API, new customers) ECS Express Mode aws ecs create-express-gateway-service Web app, worker, batch, scheduled task ECS on Fargate aws ecs create-service / CDK ecsPatterns.ApplicationLoadBalancedFargateService GPU workloads or >16 vCPU ECS on EC2 CDK ecs.Ec2Service Store container images ECR aws ecr create-repository Web app behind a load balancer ECS Fargate + ALB CDK ecsPatterns.ApplicationLoadBalancedFargateService SQS worker scaling on queue depth ECS Fargate + SQS CDK ecsPatterns.QueueProcessingFargateService Cron job / scheduled task ECS Fargate + EventBridge CDK ecsPatterns.ScheduledFargateTask Service mesh / service-to-service ECS Service Connect Configure on ECS service with Cloud Map namespace Debug a running container ECS Exec aws ecs execute-command --interactive --command "/bin/sh" When a developer says "deploy my container" without naming a service: recommend ECS Express Mode for simple HTTP apps (replaces App Runner for new customers). Recommend ECS Fargate for everything else. Never recommend EKS unless they explicitly ask for Kubernetes. Overview
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