In fast moving markets, adaptation is significantly more important than optimization. –Larry Constantine
The time has finally come to set up a Swarm cluster that is closer to what we should have in production. The reason I added the word "closer" lies in a few subjects that we'll explore in later chapters. Later on, once we go through a few hosting providers, we'll work on the missing pieces (example: persistent storage).
For now, we'll limit ourselves to the creation of a production-like cluster and exploration of different tools we can choose from.
Since AWS holds by far the biggest share of the hosting market, it is the natural choice as the first provider we'll explore.
I'm sure that AWS does not need much of an introduction. Even if you haven't used it, I'm sure you are aware of its existence and a general...