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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

Installing Docker for AWS


The recommended and fastest way to get Docker Swarm up and running in AWS is to use Docker for AWS, which you can read more about at https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-aws/. If you browse to this page, in the Setup & prerequisites section, you will be presented with links that allow you to install both Docker Enterprise Edition (EE) and Docker Community Edition (CE) for AWS.

We will be using the free Docker CE for AWS (stable) variant, and notice that you can choose to deploy to a brand new VPC or to an existing VPC:

Selecting a Docker CE for AWS option

Given, we already have an existing VPC, if you click on the Deploy Docker CE for AWS (stable) users your existing VPC option, you will be redirected to the AWS CloudFormation console, where you are prompted to create a new stack from a template published by Docker:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creating a Docker for AWS stack

After clicking Next, you will be prompted to specify a number of parameters that control the configuration of your...