Scaling Docker for AWS, Part 2 of 5: Elastic Container Service

Course description

This course is all about how to scale web applications with Docker on Amazon Web Services. This course covers breaking down the ECS component, container instances, scheduler and Starting Tasks.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Prerequisites

A basic understanding of Docker is helpful

Meet the expert

Nick Janetakis

Nick Janetakis is a consultant who works with teams and individuals on Topics of Web Development: Ruby on Rails, Flask, Docker and Ansible, and is an instructor for Stone River eLearning

Video Runtime

76 Minutes

Time to complete

134 Minutes

Course Outline

Elastic Container Service

Breaking down ECS component (15:26)

• Introduction (00:13)
• Breaking Down Each ECS Component (02:19)
• Clusters (04:14)
• Container Agent (08:31)
• Summary (00:08)

Container Instances (22:29)

• Introduction (00:08)
• Container Instances (09:45)
• ECS CLI (01:42)
• Private Docker Registry ECR (10:44)
• Summary (00:08)

Scheduler (17:00)

• Introduction (00:08)
• Scheduler (07:15)
• Scheduling Services (09:28)
• Summary (00:08)

Starting Tasks (21:12)

• Introduction (00:08)
• Starting Tasks (05:39)
• Task Definitions (11:46)
• Tearing Down our Cluster (03:30)
• Summary (00:08)