Introduction to Containers on AWS - ECS, EKS, and Fargate

A hands-on introductory crash course into the configuration and optimization of AWS ECS, EKS, and Fargate for beginners

"Easy to understand the flow of the information. Good for a beginner or more advanced learner."  -Sarah

"Really clear and straight to the point. I was able to quickly learn how to deploy two containers, verify they are working and clearly understand how it all works!" -Jack

This course now includes many downloadable study guide PDF files and downloadable slides!

Are you brand new to AWS ECS, Fargate, or EKS? Have you found that many training resources are filled with complex jargon that makes it difficult to grasp the basics? If you’re looking for a clear, fast, and beginner-friendly way to understand AWS container services, this course is for you.

I’ve taught hundreds of thousands of students across multiple platforms, and I believe anyone new to AWS container services will benefit from this course. Most lessons are 5–10 minutes long, and in just a couple of hours, you'll gain confidence in using ECS, Fargate, and EKS.

You’ll learn how ECS and EKS work, how they are billed, and how to deploy and manage containers on AWS with real-world demos and walkthroughs.

You can begin this course now, and in two short hours you will have a strong understanding of ECS. So don't wait - give this course a try now and learn how to manage ECS and Fargate!

Lessons include:

• Introduction to Microservices and Containers

• Introduction to ECS, EKS, and Fargate

• EC2 Container Hosts vs. Fargate

• Configure a VPC for ECS using CloudFormation

• Create an ECS cluster, launch tasks and services, and test failures

• Modify an ECS cluster

• Create a web server running in ECS

• Distribute traffic across multiple containers using an Application Load Balancer (ALB)

• Configure and run containers on Fargate

• Install and Use AWS CLI, kubectl, and eksctl

• Deploy a Cluster using EKS Auto Mode

• Launch and Manage Sample Workloads in EKS

• Deploy Load-Balanced and Stateful Applications in EKS

• Understand the Difference Between EKS Auto Mode vs. Fargate

• Deploy an EKS Cluster using Fargate Profiles

Join now and gain practical hands-on experience with both ECS and EKS—two of the most powerful container orchestration platforms on AWS!