AWS EC2 Container Service (ECS)

An AWS EC2 Container Service (ECS) is a container management service (that manages containerized applications) within AWS EC2 clusters.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) include an AWS ECS Load Balancing Service.
  • It can be supported by AWS Fargate.
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• Example(s):
  • AWS EC2 Container Service, 2016-12-14 (with support for Windows containers).
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Azure GKS, GCP GKE.
  • Kubernetes Platform.
  • Apache Mesos Platform.
  • AWS EKS Service.
• See: Data Center, JobServer, Cluster Management Platform, Zookeeper, AWS Lambda.

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References

• https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent

2023

• GBard
  • Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a fully managed container orchestration service that helps you easily deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications. ECS provides a high-performance, scalable, and secure environment for running Docker containers.
  • Benefits of using AWS ECS:
    • Fully managed: ECS takes care of all the heavy lifting of managing a container orchestration platform, such as provisioning and scaling infrastructure, scheduling tasks, and monitoring the health of your applications. This frees you up to focus on building and running your applications.
    • Scalable: ECS can automatically scale your applications up or down based on demand, so you never have to worry about running out of capacity.
    • Secure: ECS provides a number of security features, such as isolation and encryption, to protect your applications and data.
    • Cost-effective: ECS is designed to be cost-effective, with no upfront costs or long-term commitments. You only pay for the resources that you use.

2020

• https://opsani.com/blog/amazon-ecs-vs-eks-which-one-is-best-for-your-application/
  • QUOTE: ... At present, the leading technologies in the container orchestration space are Kubernetes and Amazon’s ECS (Elastic Container Service). Kubernetes is an open-sourced container orchestration platform that was originally developed by Google. Amazon ECS is Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) proprietary managed container orchestration service.

     Amazon developed ECS as a specific solution for running and managing Docker containers in its public cloud. In 2017, AWS announced support for Kubernetes with its EKS offering (Elastic Kubernetes Service). Amazon EKS provides an AWS-managed Kubernetes service that simplifies the non-trivial task of deploying a high-available, scalable, and fully managed Kubernetes control-plane. As Amazon ECS and Kubernetes (EKS) are both offering similar container orchestration services for running and managing containers on AWS, an engineering team may be puzzled over which to choose. ...

    ... Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) makes it easy to set up Kubernetes on AWS. By enabling container orchestration in AWS with Kubernetes, all EKS-managed apps are fully compatible with applications managed by any standard Kubernetes environment. This includes the potential of having an EKS control plane to integrate/manage a Kubernetes system in another cloud environment (aka multi-cloud deployments). Because the application-level management structure is defined by Kubernetes, this option further avoids vendor (AWS) locking. If your app runs on EKS, it should run on Azure’s AKS, Google’s GKE, or a privately hosted Kubernetes system. ...

    

2016

• https://aws.amazon.com/ecs/
  • QUOTE: Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) is a highly scalable, high performance container management service that supports Docker containers and allows you to easily run applications on a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances. Amazon ECS eliminates the need for you to install, operate, and scale your own cluster management infrastructure. With simple API calls, you can launch and stop Docker-enabled applications, query the complete state of your cluster, and access many familiar features like security groups, Elastic Load Balancing, EBS volumes, and IAM roles. You can use Amazon ECS to schedule the placement of containers across your cluster based on your resource needs and availability requirements. You can also integrate your own scheduler or third-party schedulers to meet business or application specific requirements.

2015

• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/better-together-amazon-ecs-and-aws-lambda/
  • QUOTE: Amazon EC2 Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a highly scalable, high performance container management service that supports Docker containers and allows you to easily run applications on a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances. ECS eliminates the need for you to install, operate, and scale your own cluster management infrastructure.

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