CLOUD LABS
Understanding AWS Compute Services — From Zero to Hero
In this Cloud Lab, we will learn to master an EC2 instance, Lambda function and deploy a Docker container on ECS using a private repository on ECR.
beginner
Certificate of Completion
Learning Objectives
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers diverse computing services tailored to various needs. Amazon EC2 provides scalable virtual servers for a wide array of applications. AWS Lambda offers serverless computing that allows running code in response to events without managing servers. Amazon ECS is a container management service that streamlines the deployment and scaling of containerized applications. These services collectively empower developers with flexible and scalable computing options in the AWS ecosystem.
In this Cloud Lab, you will practice with different AWS compute services, starting with EC2. You will create a security group to allow access to your EC2 instance and run a react application on the Instance. Then, you will create a role and then create and test a lambda function. Further, you will create a private repository on Amazon ECR to store your Docker image. Next, you will use the EC2 instance to build your Docker image before pushing it to your ECR repository. Once the Docker image is successfully uploaded to ECR, you create an ECS cluster and task definition. After that, you will define a task for your cluster by registering a task definition and specifying the Docker image and the resources required to run the container. Lastly, you will run the task on the ECS cluster, which will deploy the containerized application.
By the end of this Cloud Lab, you will have mastered AWS compute services and learned to create an EC2 instance, Lambda function, ECR repository, building a Docker image, and running a task on an ECS cluster. These skills are essential to master AWS compute services and ensure the smooth deployment of your applications on AWS compute services.
The following is the high-level architecture diagram of the infrastructure that you’ll create in this Cloud Lab:
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Your method is simple, straight to the point and I can practice with it everywhere, even from my phone, that's something I have never had in other learning platforms.
I highly recommend Educative. The courses are well organized and easy to understand.
I prefer Educative courses because they have a nice mix of text & images. I find that with full video courses, it can often be too easy to go into passive learning mode.
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