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

 

ECS Introduction

What is ECS?

Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) is a highly scalable, high performance container management service that supports Docker containers and allows you to easily run applications on a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances. Amazon ECS eliminates the need for you to install, operate, and scale your own cluster management infrastructure. With simple API calls, you can launch and stop Docker-enabled applications, query the complete state of your cluster, and access many familiar features like security groups, Elastic Load Balancing, EBS volumes, and IAM roles. You can use Amazon ECS to schedule the placement of containers across your cluster based on your resource needs and availability requirements. You can also integrate your own scheduler or third-party schedulers to meet business or application specific requirements. There is no additional charge for Amazon EC2 Container Service. You pay for AWS resources (e.g. EC2 instances or EBS volumes) you create to store and run your application.

Amazon ecs overview

Amazon ECS is a regional service that simplifies running application containers in a highly available manner across multiple Availability Zones within a region. You can create Amazon ECS clusters within a new or existing VPC. After a cluster is up and running, you can define task definitions and services that specify which Docker container images to run across your clusters. Container images are stored in and pulled from container registries, which may exist within or outside of your AWS infrastructure.