Deploy production-ready containers on AWS using Elastic Container Service (ECS) with the serverless Fargate launch type. You'll learn ECS building blocks (clusters, task definitions, services), run your ECR-stored image as a service, and add networking, logging, monitoring, and debugging capabilities for operational excellence.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit 1: ECS Clusters and Fargate Basics
- Managing Your First ECS Cluster
- Create Your First Development Cluster
- Multi Environment Cluster Management Setup
- Unit 2: ECS Launch Types Explained
- Inspect Cluster Capacity Provider Configuration
- Create Cluster with Capacity Providers
- Create Cost Optimized ECS Cluster
- Configure and Compare Cluster Strategies
- Unit 3: Registering a Fargate Task
- Complete Task Definition Lifecycle Management
- Debugging Task Definition JSON Syntax
- Fixing Invalid Fargate Resource Combinations
- Environment Variable Substitution in Task Definitions
- Building Complete Container Definition Components
- Unit 4: Deploying Continuous Services
- Creating Your First Continuous Service
- Configuring and Deploying an ECS Service
- Scaling Your Service to Handle Growth
- Complete Service Lifecycle Management Exercise
- Unit 5: Logging and Debugging ECS
- Configure ECS Log Retention Policies
- Real Time Log Filtering and Monitoring
- Systematic ECS Task Failure Investigation
- ECS Service Recovery and Health Monitoring