Introduction to Microservices, Containers, and ECS
Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: 17 minutes and 55 seconds
Students: 2,575
Rating: 4.9/5
This lesson covers microservices and how a microservices-based architecture differs from a monolithic architecture. It also explains what containers are and how you can create your own and then run them in AWS using the Elastic Container Service (ECS).
Learning Objectives
- Learn about microservices and the benefits that a microservice-based architecture or application has over a monolithic application
- Understand the difference between containers and virtual machines
- Learn how to create your own containers and run them within ECS and deploy them either serverlessly or on ec2 instances
Intended Audience
- Solutions architects, developers, or anyone interested in learning about containerized workloads within the AWS cloud
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a decent understanding of cloud computing and cloud architectures, specifically with Amazon Web Services.
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