ECS Fargate CI/CD Platform

Architecture Diagram

Overview

This project demonstrates how to containerise a web application using Docker, store container images in Amazon ECR, deploy containers to Amazon ECS Fargate, and automate deployments using GitHub Actions.

Architecture

GitHub
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GitHub Actions
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Docker Build
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Amazon ECR
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Amazon ECS Fargate
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Running Container

Services Used

• Docker
• Amazon ECR
• Amazon ECS Fargate
• GitHub Actions
• IAM
• AWS CLI

What This Project Demonstrates

This project demonstrates the ability to build, package, store, deploy and automate containerised applications on AWS.

Key capabilities demonstrated include:

• Creating and managing Docker images
• Writing and using Dockerfiles
• Running containers locally
• Creating and managing Amazon ECR repositories
• Authenticating Docker with ECR
• Pushing Docker images to ECR
• Creating ECS Fargate services
• Deploying containers to ECS
• Automating deployments with GitHub Actions
• Implementing CI/CD workflows

Project Structure

docker-app/
├── Dockerfile
└── index.html

.github/
└── workflows/
    └── deploy-ecs.yml

Key Learning Outcomes

Through this project, I gained hands-on experience with:

• Containerisation
• Docker image management
• Container registries
• ECS Fargate deployments
• CI/CD automation
• GitHub Actions
• Cloud-native application deployment

Validation

The application was successfully containerised using Docker, pushed to Amazon ECR, deployed to ECS Fargate and made publicly accessible.

A GitHub Actions workflow was configured to automate image builds, image pushes to ECR and ECS service deployments following changes pushed to the repository.

Additional Documentation

• Design Decisions
• Troubleshooting Notes