AWS Compute Blog
Category: Containers
Working with Lambda layers and extensions in container images
In this post, I explain how to use AWS Lambda layers and extensions with Lambda functions packaged and deployed as container images. Previously, Lambda functions were packaged only as .zip archives. This includes functions created in the AWS Management Console. You can now also package and deploy Lambda functions as container images. You can use […]
Deep dive into Fargate Spot to run your ECS Tasks for up to 70% less
Author: Pritam Pal, Sr. EC2 Spot Specialist SA AWS launched AWS Fargate Spot during late 2019 for customers looking for a cost effective way to run containers. This blog dives deep into how to use ECS Fargate Spot and Fargate Tasks to lower the cost of your workloads. I explain existing concepts like Container Stop Timeout, catching […]
Migrating your HAQM ECS deployment to the new ARN and resource ID format
Update – August 21, 2020 – Added a section with the latest timeline. Starting today you can opt in to a new HAQM Resource Name (ARN) and resource ID format for HAQM ECS tasks, container instances, and services. The new format enables the enhanced ability to tag resources in your cluster, as well as tracking […]