Leveraging AWS Fargate for Cost-Friendly Containerized Applications

Learn how to leverage AWS Fargate for cost-effective containerized applications in this 27-minute conference talk from KCD Africa 2022. Discover an alternative to the Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) that offers scalability at a lower operational cost, ideal for startups and developers. Explore the AWS Fargate service and its integration with ECR and EKS to reduce Kubernetes expenses. Analyze cost comparisons using the AWS pricing calculator for a 6-month period. Follow along as the speaker demonstrates the implementation of AWS Fargate using a sample Node.js API built with the Fastify framework, providing practical insights for deploying cost-friendly containerized applications.