Docker on AWS

Learn how to use Docker with key AWS services to deploy and manage container-based applications.

Introduction

• From virtual machines to containers
• What you should know

1. Containerizing Applications

• From app to containerized app
• Create an ECR Registry
• Create a CodeCommit Git repository
• Push the container code to CodeCommit
• Build the container from CodeCommit
• Automate build on new commit
• Challenge: Update a container
• Solution: Commit a code change

2. Set Up Amazon Container Service

• Fargate or EC2 for containers
• Configure ECS for EC2
• Enable SSH to EC2 for ECS
• Configure ECS for Fargate
• Deploy an app into ECS
• Challenge: Scale the application
• Solution: Scale with Fargate

3. Managing Container Scale

• Create an Application Load Balancer
• Configure the default target route
• Add an ECS service and task
• Enable auto scale parameters
• Challenge: Adjust base capacity
• Solution: Define auto scale minimums

4. Networking

• Managing network models
• Modifying ECS EC2 security groups
• Connect to EC2 ECS resources
• Challenge: Access an EC2 container
• Solution: SSH and become root

5. Storage

• Container persistence models
• Container mods for shared storage
• Defining a shared volume: Fargate

6. Troubleshooting

• Discover container state
• Explore ECS metrics
• Determine SLB target state
• Reviewing task logs
• Challenge: Review an app log
• Solution: Use the console to get logs

Conclusion

• Next steps