Running Container-Enabled Microservices on AWS

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Developers
• System Administrators
• Solutions Architects

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Fundamental knowledge of core AWS services and features
• Working knowledge of running containerized applications

Day One

Module 1a: Overview of Microservices on AWS

• Welcome to Simple Mustache Service!
• The monolith
• What are microservices?
• How to implement a microservices infrastructure
• The six principles of microservices

Module 1b: Containers and Docker

• Introduction to containers
• Comparing virtual machines with containers
• Docker
• Running containers
• Storing container images
• Hands-on lab: Building and running your first container

Module 2: Continuous delivery for container-based microservices

• Compare and contrast different software development cycles
• Use AWS CodePipeline to code, build, and deploy a microservice
• Use AWS CodeCommit as a source control service
• Use Jenkins to perform a Docker build
• Use Postman to run and test microservices
• Use AWS CloudFormation to provision and deploy microservices
• Hands-on lab: Using the Amazon ECS Service Scheduler

Module 3: High availability and scaling with Amazon Elastic Container Service

• High availability
• Cluster management and scheduling
• Monitoring
• Scaling a cluster
• Scaling services
• Hands-on lab: Continuous delivery pipelines for container-based microservices

Module 4: Security for container-based microservices

• Implement security
• Apply best practices
• Automate security
• Evaluate compliance requirements
• Embed security into the CI/CD
• Hands-on lab: Extending Amazon ECS with Service Discovery and Config Management