Tutorial: Deploying Scalable NodeJS app using ECS with Docker

Submitted By: Harkirat Singh, Harman Gill,Muhammad Imran Malik, Mauro Pappatera

 

 

Table of Contents

• ECS Introduction
• Benefits of ECS
• ECS Features
• Intro to docker
• Demo and Tutorial
• Common Docker Gotchas
• Resources

 

Common Docker Gotchas

• Containers go away when the process exits
• If you run /bin/bash, attach, and then type “exit”, the container is killed
• Data is gone when containers exit. Keep important stuff on the host filesystem
• Keep Dockerfiles short
• Move the bulk of work into a shell script and execute it
• Avoid making changes directly to the container