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Elastic Container Services on AWS (ECS)

Last Updated: 08-03-2025

The Elastic Container Services on AWS (ECS) course is designed for developers, DevOps engineers, and cloud architects who want to master container orchestration on AWS. Using Amazon ECS, this course teaches you how to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications in the cloud with ease. From container setup and service orchestration to handling networking, security, and scaling, you will learn to leverage AWS's fully managed container service to build robust, secure, and highly available applications. With practical hands-on labs, you’ll gain the skills to run microservices architectures, implement CI/CD pipelines, and optimize containerized workloads on AWS.

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Course Prerequisites

  • Basic understanding of containers and Docker.
  • Familiarity with AWS core services like EC2, IAM, VPC, and S3.
  • Basic knowledge of networking and cloud infrastructure concepts.
  • Recommended: Experience with AWS CLI, AWS Console, or familiarity with other container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Understand the architecture and key components of Amazon ECS, including clusters, tasks, and services.
  2. Create and manage ECS clusters and deploy containerized applications using ECS on Amazon EC2 instances or AWS Fargate (serverless containers).
  3. Implement service discovery, load balancing, and auto-scaling for ECS-based applications.
  4. Manage containerized microservices with ECS and orchestrate container networking, storage, and security.
  5. Use Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry) to securely store and manage Docker images for ECS deployments.
  6. Automate deployment and scaling of containerized applications using ECS with AWS CodePipeline and AWS CodeBuild.
  7. Configure ECS to integrate with other AWS services such as AWS CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and AWS IAM for monitoring, logging, and security management.
  8. Implement best practices for securing containers and ECS tasks, including IAM roles, security groups, and VPC configuration.
  9. Optimize container resource management with ECS task definitions, CPU, and memory configurations.
  10. Troubleshoot and monitor ECS-based applications with logging, metrics, and debugging tools to ensure performance and reliability.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for:

  • Developers who want to deploy and manage containerized applications using Amazon ECS.
  • DevOps engineers looking to automate container management and scaling with ECS.
  • Cloud architects and system administrators who need to design scalable, secure, and high-performance container-based systems.
  • IT professionals transitioning to containerized microservices architectures on AWS.

Course Modules

  • Get Started with Amazon ECS:

    • Introduction to Amazon ECS: Learn the basics of ECS, its benefits, and how it integrates with other AWS services.
    • Docker Basics for Amazon ECS: Understand containerization concepts and how Docker works within ECS.
    • Getting Started with Amazon ECS Using Fargate: Explore how to run containers without managing the underlying infrastructure using AWS Fargate.

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  • AWS Fargate:

    • AWS Fargate Platform Version: Delve into different Fargate platform versions and their features.
  • Amazon ECS Cluster:

    • Creating a Cluster: Learn how to set up ECS clusters for organizing containerized applications.
    • Scaling a Cluster: Understand how to scale clusters to meet application demands.
    • Updating Cluster Settings: Manage and modify cluster configurations as needed.
    • Deleting a Cluster: Properly decommission clusters when they are no longer needed.

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  • Amazon ECS Task Definitions:

    • Application Architecture: Design applications suitable for containerization.
    • Creating a Task Definition: Define tasks that specify how your containers should run.
    • Task Definition Parameters: Understand the various parameters that can be set in task definitions.
    • Amazon ECS Launch Types: Explore different launch types like Fargate and EC2.
    • Working with GPUs on Amazon ECS: Utilize GPU resources for containerized applications.
    • Using Data Volumes in Tasks: Manage data storage for tasks.
    • Task Networking: Configure networking for tasks to communicate securely.
    • Using the AWSlogs Log Driver: Set up logging for containerized applications.
    • Custom Log Routing: Implement advanced logging strategies.
    • Private Registry Authentication for Tasks: Securely authenticate tasks with private container registries.
    • Specifying Sensitive Data: Handle sensitive information securely within tasks.
    • Update and Deregistering Definition: Manage updates and deregistration of task definitions.

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  • Explore Account Settings:

    • Viewing Account Settings: Navigate and view ECS account configurations.
    • Modifying Account Settings: Adjust account settings to align with organizational requirements.
  • Amazon ECS Container Instance:

    • Amazon ECS-Optimized AMIs: Use Amazon Machine Images optimized for ECS.
    • Retrieving Amazon ECS-Optimized AMI Metadata: Access metadata for optimized AMIs.
    • Launching a Container Instance: Deploy container instances within your ECS cluster.
    • Bootstrap Container Instances: Automate the initialization of container instances.
    • Elastic Network Interface Trunking: Configure network interfaces for container instances.
    • Connect to Your Container: Establish connections to running containers.
    • CloudWatch Logs: Monitor container logs using AWS CloudWatch.
    • Deregister Container Instance: Remove container instances from your cluster.
    • Container Instance Draining: Safely drain tasks from container instances during maintenance.
    • Memory Management: Optimize memory usage for container instances.
    • Managing Container Swap Space: Handle swap space configurations for containers.
    • Manage Container Instances Remotely: Operate container instances without direct SSH access.

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  • Container Agents:

    • Installing Amazon ECS Container Agent: Set up the ECS container agent on instances.
    • Container Agent Version: Manage versions of the ECS container agent.
    • Updating Amazon ECS Container Agent: Keep the container agent up to date.
    • Amazon ECS Container Agent Configuration: Configure agent settings for optimal performance.
    • Private Registry Authentication for Container Instance: Enable authentication for private registries.
    • Automated Task and Image Cleanup: Implement cleanup strategies for tasks and images.
    • Container Metadata File: Utilize metadata files for container information.
    • Task Metadata Endpoint: Access metadata endpoints for tasks.
    • Amazon ECS Container Agent Introspection: Analyze and debug the container agent.
    • HTTP Proxy Configuration: Configure HTTP proxies for container instances.

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  • Scheduling the Amazon ECS Task:

    • Learn how to schedule tasks within ECS for automated execution.

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