ECS (Elastic Container Service)

When tasks are made a part of ecs service then additional operations can be performed on the ecs service tasks. Listed below are some of the operations which can be performed on ecs service:

• Update a service: ECS service can be updated for new configurations using the ‘Update Service’ button available on the aws ECS console.
• Scale a service: ECS service comes with the ability to scale up resources. Scaling activities are performed to make sure that the infrastructure is available as per application needs.
• Rollback a service: ECS service has the feature to roll back service to previous revisions. This is done especially when the new service version of the application is not stable and the user wants to go back on the previous service version.

Containers can be deployed for applications on the AWS cloud platform. AWS has a special application for managing containerized applications. Elastic Container Service (ECS) serves this purpose. ECS is AWS’s container orchestration tool which simplifies the management of containers. All the container management processes are collectively handled by the container orchestration tools eliminating the need for separate management of clusters.

ECS can deploy your architecture on the AWS cloud platform. Docker containers can be deployed on AWS through ECS providing the containerized environment for containers. AWS ECS can effectively be used to ‘Deploy and Manage Containerized Applications’. In this blog, we will learn about the different ways to use ECS to deploy and manage containerized applications.