Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a highly scalable, fast, container management service that makes it easy to run, stop, and manage Docker containers on a cluster of Amazon EC2 instances. This lab leads you through the steps to create Task Definitions from Docker containers, populate an ECS Cluster with Load Balanced EC2 Instances, deploy Tasks to the Cluster, make revisions, and scale up the Cluster.
Level
Fundamental
Duration
1 Hours 0 MinutesCourse Objectives
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Create an ECS Task Definition
- Populate an ECS Cluster
- Deploy an application to an ECS Service
- Deploy an application update by changing the Task Definition
- Scale up the application
Intended Audience
This course is intended for:
- Architects
- Developers
- Systems Operators
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
- Familiar with Docker containers as well as general techniques and vocabulary of server administration and DevOps
- Basic understanding of web applications and networking, such as TCP port, HTTP Proxies, and Load Balancers
Course Outline
- Task 1: Register A Task Definition With The amazon-ecs-sample Image
- Task 2: Create a Service
- Task 3: Deploy a New Application Version to the Service
- Task 4: Update a Running Service