Content:

• Workshop Goals
• What is Serverless Container Orchestration
• AWS Fargate Overview
• Learning Outcomes

Workshop Goals

This workshop aims to provide hands-on experience with serverless container orchestration using AWS Fargate. You will learn to build, deploy, and manage containerized microservices without managing the underlying infrastructure.

Key Objectives:

• Build a complete microservices architecture using AWS Fargate
• Implement container orchestration with Amazon ECS
• Configure networking, load balancing, and service discovery
• Set up monitoring, logging, and CI/CD pipelines
• Apply best practices for production-ready containerized applications

What is Serverless Container Orchestration

Serverless Container Orchestration combines the benefits of containerization with serverless computing principles:

Traditional Container Orchestration:

• Requires managing EC2 instances, clusters, and scaling
• Manual infrastructure provisioning and maintenance
• Complex capacity planning and resource optimization

Serverless Container Orchestration with Fargate:

• No Infrastructure Management - AWS handles servers, patching, and scaling
• Pay-per-Use - Only pay for the compute resources your containers actually use
• Automatic Scaling - Scales up/down based on demand without manual intervention
• Built-in Security - Isolated compute environments with VPC integration
• Focus on Applications - Spend time on business logic, not infrastructure

AWS Fargate Overview

AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine for containers that works with both Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS.

Core Benefits:

• Serverless: No EC2 instances to manage
• Secure: Task-level isolation with dedicated kernel runtime
• Scalable: Automatic scaling from zero to thousands of containers
• Cost-Effective: Pay only for the resources your containers use
• Integrated: Works seamlessly with AWS services (ALB, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.)

Fargate vs EC2 Launch Type:

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

Infrastructure & Networking:

• Design and implement VPC architecture for containerized applications
• Configure Application Load Balancer with target groups and health checks
• Set up service discovery and inter-service communication

Container Orchestration:

• Create and manage ECS clusters with Fargate launch type
• Write task definitions and service configurations
• Implement auto-scaling policies for containerized services
• Configure resource allocation (CPU, memory) optimization

Application Development:

• Containerize applications using Docker best practices
• Build microservices with proper separation of concerns
• Implement health checks and graceful shutdown patterns
• Handle configuration management and secrets

DevOps & Monitoring:

• Set up CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications
• Implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting
• Configure centralized logging with structured logs
• Use distributed tracing for debugging microservices

Security & Best Practices:

• Implement least-privilege IAM roles and policies
• Configure network security with security groups and NACLs
• Manage secrets and environment variables securely
• Apply container security best practices

Real-World Applications:

• E-commerce Platforms: Scalable product catalogs, order processing, payment systems
• API Backends: RESTful APIs with automatic scaling based on traffic
• Data Processing: Event-driven data pipelines and batch processing jobs
• Microservices Migration: Modernizing monolithic applications
• Startup MVPs: Rapid prototyping without infrastructure overhead

Prerequisites:

• Basic understanding of containers and Docker
• Familiarity with AWS core services (VPC, EC2, IAM)
• Experience with at least one programming language (Python, Node.js, or Go)
• AWS CLI configured with appropriate permissions
• Estimated Duration: 4-5 hours
• Cost Estimate: $5-10 USD for the entire workshop (remember to clean up resources!)