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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

Introducing CodePipeline and CodeBuild


CodePipeline and CodeBuild are two services from the developer tools portfolio of AWS that, along with the CloudFormation service that we have been working with extensively throughout this book, provide the building blocks for creating complete and comprehensive continuous delivery solutions to pave your application's path from development to production.

CodePipeline allows you to create complex pipelines that take your applications' source code, build, test, and publish application artifacts, and then deploy your applications into non-production and production environments. The top-level building blocks of these pipelines are stages, which must always start with a source stage that includes one or more source materials for your pipeline, such as the source code repository for your application. Each stage can then be comprised of one or more actions that produce an artifact that can be used later on in your pipeline, or achieve a desired outcome, such...