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Docker on Amazon Web Services

By : Justin Menga
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Docker on Amazon Web Services

By: Justin Menga

Overview of this book

Over the last few years, Docker has been the gold standard for building and distributing container applications. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a leader in public cloud computing, and was the first to offer a managed container platform in the form of the Elastic Container Service (ECS). Docker on Amazon Web Services starts with the basics of containers, Docker, and AWS, before teaching you how to install Docker on your local machine and establish access to your AWS account. You'll then dig deeper into the ECS, a native container management platform provided by AWS that simplifies management and operation of your Docker clusters and applications for no additional cost. Once you have got to grips with the basics, you'll solve key operational challenges, including secrets management and auto-scaling your infrastructure and applications. You'll explore alternative strategies for deploying and running your Docker applications on AWS, including Fargate and ECS Service Discovery, Elastic Beanstalk, Docker Swarm and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). In addition to this, there will be a strong focus on adopting an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach using AWS CloudFormation. By the end of this book, you'll not only understand how to run Docker on AWS, but also be able to build real-world, secure, and scalable container platforms in the cloud.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Chapter 15. Elastic Beanstalk

So far in this book, we have focused on the use of Elastic Container Service (ECS) and its variant, AWS Fargate, to manage and deploy Docker applications.  The remainder of this book will focus on alternative technologies that you can use to run your Docker applications in AWS, and the first of these that we will cover is Elastic Beanstalk.

Elastic Beanstalk falls into a category that is commonly referred to by the industry as Platform as a service (PaaS), and is a service that is intended to provide a managed runtime environment for your applications that lets you focus on developing, deploying, and operating your application, rather than worry about the surrounding infrastructure.  To reinforce this paradigm, Elastic Beanstalk is focused around supporting various popular programming languages and today includes support for Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, and Go applications.  When you create an Elastic Beanstalk application, you specify the target programming...