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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

Setting up an AWS account


The first step on your AWS journey is to establish an AWS account, which is a foundational building block of AWS that defines a security and administrative context for managing your AWS services and resources that you consume. To encourage adoption of AWS and ensure that first time users have an opportunity to try out AWS for free, AWS offers a free tier that grants you free access to some AWS services (with some limitations around usage). You can find out more about the free tier and what services are offered at https://aws.amazon.com/free/. Make sure you have a good understanding of what you can and can't use for free to avoid an unnecessary bill shock. 

In this book, we will make use of a number of free tier services with the following monthly usage limits:

Service

Limit

EC2

750 hours of Linux t2.micro (Single vCPU, 1 GB Memory) instance

Elastic Block Storage

30 GB block-level storage (SSD or traditional spinning disk)

RDS

750 hours of db.t2.micro (Single vCPU, 1 GB Memory...