Category: HAQM EC2 Container Service

Introduction HAQM ECS now offers native support for monitoring and automatically reacting to changes during a rolling update by using HAQM CloudWatch metric alarms. This enables customers to easily automate discovery and remediation for failed deployments and minimize the performance and availability impacts. Customers can configure HAQM CloudWatch alarms for their rolling updates using the […]

HAQM EC2 Spot Instances use spare HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud  (HAQM EC2) capacity at up to a 90% discount compared to On-Demand prices. HAQM EC2 can interrupt Spot Instances with a two-minute notification when EC2 needs the capacity back. Spot Instances are an ideal option for applications that are stateless, fault-tolerant, scalable, and flexible, such as big data, […]

NOTICE: October 04, 2024 – This post no longer reflects the best guidance for configuring a service mesh with HAQM ECS and HAQM EKS, and its examples no longer work as shown. For workloads running on HAQM ECS, please refer to newer content on HAQM ECS Service Connect, and for workloads running on HAQM EKS, […]

Recently we launched a new look and experience for HAQM ECS in the AWS Management Console. Since its launch in 2014, HAQM Elastic Container Service (HAQM ECS) has served as a simple way for customers to run production grade container workloads on AWS. Customers such as Disney+, Vanguard, Okta, Fidelity, and UbiSoft trust HAQM ECS […]

This post shows how to configure a Linux container running on HAQM Elastic Container Service (HAQM ECS) to connect to a SQL Server database using Windows (or Integrated) Authentication. Windows Authentication is the recommended mechanism to connect to SQL Server databases, but using it can be challenging when running containerized workloads.

In 2019 we carried out the first AWS Container Security Survey and now we have the results of this year’s survey for you available. As in 2019, we conducted an anonymous survey throughout 2020 amongst container users on AWS. From the 655 people who visited the survey, 295 started it and 156 completed it (completion […]

re:Invent is a free, 3-week virtual conference that will be held November 30 – December 18, 2020. Starting this week, registered attendees can access scheduled and on-demand sessions on topics across AWS Services. In this post, we’ll cover the Containers track, featuring sessions on HAQM ECS, HAQM EKS, AWS Fargate, HAQM ECR, and AWS App […]

This post has been updated due a recent launch. Designed for simplicity from the start, HAQM ECS delivers an AWS-opinionated solution for running containers at scale. Previously, customers had to implement a lengthy workaround (detailed in the original blog post below) in order to use an HAQM FSx for Windows File Server as persistent storage […]

As organizations move to containers, there can be a sense that they are losing control or visibility of the software that is deployed to their environments. Historically, once a server is in production, a scanning tool runs on a regular basis to detect vulnerabilities on the operating system. Once a vulnerability is detected, an operations […]

This blog post is deprecated and the solution is no longer valid. Please refer to the new solution that uses CSI Driver posted in the following blog post: Using SMB CSI Driver on HAQM EKS Windows nodes. Recently, we published a blog post on using HAQM FSx for Windows File Server as persistent storage for […]