Containerized Applications on AWS

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This course introduces you to container technologies and how they can be used to modernize your applications, as well as exploring how different AWS services can be used to manage and orchestrate those containers.

Container technologies have existed for years, and are still gaining popularity. Two of the most prevalent options are Docker and Kubernetes - each with its own distinct set of features. Regardless of which technology you choose, one of the biggest challenges with containers is their orchestration. Unlike traditional, monolithic applications where you can only scale at a macro level - an executable, for example - containerized applications scale at the container level. When coupled with a microservices approach, each container can contain the code necessary to execute a single task or function. While this provides a number of benefits, a single application can consist of hundreds of containerized microservices. How do you handle starting, stopping, scaling out and scaling in all of these containers?

AWS offers a number of services that help with container orchestration, including Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Amazon Lightsail, and Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR). Throughout this course, expert instructors will dive deep into these services as well as general container technologies and capabilities.

This course uses a combination of video-based lectures, delivered by AWS technical trainers, demonstrations, and hands-on lab exercises (Verified Learners only), to enable you to deploy and manage a containerized application.

What you will learn

• What's a container
• How are containers built and deployed
• Identify containers use cases and benefits
• Explain the basic concepts of Amazon elastic containers service and Kubernetes
• Deploy containers on Amazon elastic container service
• How to simplify container management and orchestration with Amazon Elastic Cloud
• Service (ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
• How AWS Fargate simplifies cluster management
• How to debug container deployments
• How to monitor container deployments

Skills you learn

• Docker (Software)
• Amazon Web Services
• Demonstration Skills
• Amazon Elastic Container Registry
• Amazon Lightsail
• Lecturing
• Cloud Computing
• Kubernetes
• Microservices
• Amazon Elastic Container Service
• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

Syllabus

Week 1

Video : Course Introduction

Video : Course Marketing

Video : Week 1 Introduction

Video : Containers explained

Video : Docker Basics

Video : Working with containers 101

Video : Lab 1 Introduction

Lab: Docker Hello World

Video : Amazon Elastic Container Registry Introduction and Demonstration

Video : App Runner Demonstration

Lab : Single container hosted with App Runner

Week 2

Video : Multi-container deployments

Video : Building microservice images and using Amazon ECR

Video : Hosting containers on AWS overview

Video : Container Orchestration and Amazon Elastic Container Service Concepts Overview

Video : Scheduling, task placement, service discovery, and scaling with Amazon ECS

Video : Amazon ECS Demonstration

Video : Debugging Amazon ECS

Video : Introduction to AWS Fargate

Video : AWS Fargate Demonstration

Video : AWS Copilot Demonstration

Lab: Host container on Amazon ECS with Application Load Balancer using AWS Copilot

Week 3

Video : Week 3 Introduction

Video : Introduction to Kubernetes and the Kubernetes Ecosystem

Video : Kubernetes concepts overview

Video : Introduction to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

Video : Amazon EKS Demonstration

Video : Debugging with EKS

Lab: Host container on AWS EKS with Load Balancer

Week 4

Video : Week 4 Introduction

Video : Amazon ECS/EKS Anywhere

Video : Microservices and services meshes

Video : AWS AppMesh Introduction and Demo

Video : Container images with AWS Lambda

Video : Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights

Video : App2Container demo

Video : Course Closing

Auto Summary

"Containerized Applications on AWS" is a foundational IT & Computer Science course offered by edX. Over six weeks, learners will explore container technologies and AWS services to modernize applications. Subscription options include Starter and Professional, making it ideal for individuals seeking to enhance their technical skills in application modernization.