Scaling Docker on AWS

Learn to Deploy Docker at Scale on AWS in Under 6 Hours

Ready to scale your web applications? This comprehensive course provides practical, hands-on knowledge of Docker and Amazon Web Services (AWS), empowering you to build and deploy robust, scalable applications. AWS powers over a million customers, including many of the world's most popular websites, making it a reliable choice for any application. Gain in-demand skills for DevOps and cloud computing roles.

This course focuses on Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service), Amazon's container orchestration service, and Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry), a private Docker registry. Through guided labs, you'll master the process of containerizing and deploying applications.

Course Highlights:

• Dockerize a Multi-Service Application: Learn to containerize a Ruby on Rails application (with optional skipping for non-developers).
• AWS Fundamentals: Gain essential knowledge of AWS services including identity and access management, security groups, EC2, S3, ELB, RDS, and ElastiCache.
• Amazon ECS Deep Dive: Master Amazon ECS for managing Docker containers at scale.
• Private Docker Registry: Set up and utilize Amazon ECR for secure Docker image storage.
• Production Deployment: Deploy your application to AWS in a fault-tolerant manner.
• Cost Optimization: Learn to calculate project costs on AWS based on traffic.
• Load Balancing: Implement load balancing for high availability and scalability.
• Domain & SSL: Connect a custom domain and secure it with a free SSL certificate.
• Application Profiling: Profile your applications using Docker and open-source tools.

What You'll Get:

• Docker Development Environment Setup: Instructions for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
• Amazon ECS Expertise: A thorough understanding of Amazon ECS and its capabilities.
• Amazon ECR Mastery: Create and manage your own private Docker Registry.
• Comprehensive AWS Knowledge: Explore key AWS services and their integration.
• Ruby on Rails Dockerization: Containerize a real-world Ruby on Rails application.
• Application Performance Analysis: Profile your application's performance.
• AWS Costing & Load Balancing: Learn to price projects and scale applications.
• Custom Domain & SSL Configuration: Secure your web application with a free SSL certificate.
• Over 60 Lectures & 6+ Hours of Video Content
• Full PDF Text Directions
• Complete Source Code Examples

Why Docker?

• Time Savings: Streamlines development environment setup.
• Portability: Easily move applications across environments.
• Consistency: Eliminates "it worked on my machine" issues.
• Team Collaboration: Enhances team development workflows.
• Platform Support: Works on most major platforms.
• Strong Ecosystem: Backed by a well-funded and rapidly evolving company.

Why AWS?

• Global Infrastructure: Leverage AWS's worldwide network.
• Scalability: Benefit from AWS's experience in operating at scale.
• Reliability: Utilize battle-tested services.
• Reduced Infrastructure Management: Focus on your application, not infrastructure.
• Career Opportunities: High demand for AWS professionals.
• Free Tier: Try AWS for free for a year.

Who is this course for?

This course is perfect for developers, DevOps engineers, and anyone looking to deploy Docker applications on AWS. You'll gain practical skills and working examples that you can use immediately or leverage to advance your career.

Invest in your future! This course provides the knowledge and skills to confidently scale your web applications with Docker on AWS.