AWS DevOps: Continuous Docker Deployment to AWS Fargate from GitLab

Learn how to create an automated, continuous DevOps pipeline for container-based applications using AWS Fargate and GitLab.

Introduction

• DevOps for Fargate and GitLab
• What you should know
• Course outline

1. Set Up a Secure GitLab Installation

• Gitlab server requirement
• Installing Docker
• Change the SSH Port
• Using a custom domain with GitLab
• Running GitLab in Docker
• Configure GitLab
• GitLab first time setup
• Pushing a container to the registry

2. DevOps for GitLab

• Monitoring GitLab
• GitLab backups
• Upgrading GitLab

3. DevOps for Fargate

• ECS launch types: Fargate vs. EC2
• Creating a Fargate cluster from the CLI
• Creating a Fargate task with the CLI
• Permissions for ECS to access the secret
• Creating a Fargate service with the CLI

4. Continuous Deployment with Fargate and GitLab

• Install the GitLab Runner
• Create a deployment pipeline for Fargate
• Testing the pipeline

Conclusion

• Next steps