Working with AWS Fargate (Lots of fun)
AWS Fargate is being hailed as a game-changer in the world of containerized microservices. In much the same way that the cloud has freed developers from managing the VM infrastructure, the Fargate service abstracts and automates the launching and orchestration of Docker or Kubernetes containers—letting developers take full advantage of the latest in cloud-native app architectures without worrying about task networking, scaling, and other behind-the-scenes processes. This blog describes the Fargate service and how it fits into the container ecosystem. Containers and Their Benefits According to TechTarget “[c]ontainers are packages that rely on virtual isolation to deploy and run applications that access a shared operating system (OS) kernel without the need for virtual machines (VMs).” The container image statically describes everything needed to run an application: code, runtime OS, system tools, system libraries and settings. During runtime the container engine reliably e