Overview
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS or AWS ECS) is a container orchestration service for running containerized applications on AWS.
This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at engineers who wish to use Amazon ECS to deploy and scale containerized applications.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Create a containerized application running on Amazon ECS.
- Understand how ECS Clusters and the ECS Agent work.
- Auto Scale a Containerized Application.
- Automate the Deployment Process.
- Integrate the Docker application deployment process with new or existing Continuous Integration workflows.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lecture and discussion.
- Lots of exercises and practice.
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Requirements
- An understanding of Docker basics.
- Experience with the Linux command line.
- An Amazon AWS account with at least 10 USD on it.
Audience
- Developers
- System Administrators
- DevOps Engineers
Course Outline
Introduction
Preparing an AWS Account
Overview of Amazon ECS Features and Architecture
Costs of Running Amazon ECS
Overview of the Different ECS Components
Navigating the CLI
Working with the ECS Agent
Working with ECS Tasks
Overview of ECS Services
Creating a Containerized Application
Creating a Cluster
Deploying the Application
Scaling the Application
Scheduling and Automation
Assigning the Application to a Domain Name
Setting up a Continuous Integration Pipeline
Integrating Docker and Kubernetes with an existing Continuous Integration System
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion