Architecture: AWS Fargate

You have a containerized service. You want it running in AWS. You create an ECS cluster, write a task definition, and hit deploy. A minute later, your container is up and serving traffic. You never touched a server. That convenience hides a remarkable amount of engineering. Somewhere in AWS, a scheduler decided where your task would run, a microVM was created and booted in milliseconds, a network interface was injected into your VPC, and your con… Read More