{"id":593987,"date":"2025-04-16T16:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devoteam.com\/expert-view\/modernising-in-aws-elastic-beanstalk-to-fargate\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T16:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:04:17","slug":"modernising-in-aws-elastic-beanstalk-to-fargate","status":"publish","type":"expert-view","link":"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/ch\/expert-view\/modernising-in-aws-elastic-beanstalk-to-fargate\/","title":{"rendered":"Modernising in AWS: Elastic Beanstalk to Fargate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For many teams new to the AWS Cloud<\/a>, AWS Elastic Beanstalk can be an easy way in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s great for rapidly prototyping certain types of applications, and to help you fast-track your product development, particularly if you\u2019re a young startup. It can quickly stand up web applications end-to-end, which is useful for demonstrating new features in sprint reviews or for producing working wireframes for your next client pitch. This is most likely what got you into it in the first place. No surprises there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But maybe things are getting quite serious now; you\u2019re facing into exponential uplifts in traffic, juggling competing priorities for reliability and performance, and cost optimisation (among other things). Perhaps your hairline is making a rapid retreat to warmer climes at the thought of it all. It\u2019s what business administrators might call an \u2018inflection point\u2019. Major change is afoot, and you need to quickly adapt in order to survive it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, while Beanstalk can be a useful tool for small projects and teams \u2013 at least initially \u2013 it doesn\u2019t provide the level of customisation and granular controls required by high-performing organisations. ECS + Fargate could be just the answer you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog we\u2019ll take a look at AWS ECS and Fargate, and how modernising can address some of the challenges above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Containers in AWS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We assume that this is reasonably new territory for you, so let\u2019s introduce the AWS services that support container-based operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AWS offers three managed services for deploying Docker containers in the Cloud:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. AWS Elastic\u00a0<\/a>Beanstalk\u00a0(EB<\/strong>) with Single Container Docker<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Amazon Elastic Container Service<\/a>\u00a0(ECS<\/strong>) with AWS\u00a0Fargate<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes<\/a>\u00a0(EKS<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"Elastic<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    (Three ways to run Docker on AWS)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Elastic Beanstalk <\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    As inferred by the title of this blog, we assume you are already acquainted with Beanstalk, and are expecting to migrate away from it. We\u2019ll keep this section fairly brief, therefore, as we know how precious your time is.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Basic Usage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    As you probably know, you can simply upload your code, and have Elastic Beanstalk automatically handle the deployment; from capacity provisioning, load balancing and auto-scaling, to application health monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You retain full control over the underlying AWS resources powering your application, and can access them at any time. Once your application is deployed, you can manage your environment and release new application versions using the pipelines provided by Beanstalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Elastic<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    (Elastic Beanstalk Workflow)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Benefits<\/h4>\n\n\n\n