Project 3: Host a Dynamic Web Application on AWS with Docker and ECS

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🗓️ Date: Saturday, [Date], 2025 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM EST (U.S. – New York Time) 📍 Location: [YouTube Live Link] 🎙️ Instructor: Azeez Salu 💻 Level: Intermediate → Advanced ⏱️ Duration: ~4-5 hours (with live Q&A) Project 3 information and assets: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10O88tIR3g_O1DKiyl_OXoOVxIipf0iaOgflV_IPIzzQ/edit?usp=sharing Attendance list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rIpq1V2vBcUL0l3wYTx-S5n_p9qGzoPmZJOnQpGMR7Y/edit?usp=sharing 🟢 Goal Learn how to containerize and deploy a production-ready, database-driven web application on AWS using Docker, Amazon ECS, and enterprise-grade architecture with container orchestration, auto-scaling, and high availability. 🧱 Session Outline 1️⃣ Architecture Overview Review Project 1 components and introduce containerized application architecture with Docker and ECS 2️⃣ EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint Verify EICE from Project 2 and test secure SSH connectivity 3️⃣ NAT Gateway Enable secure outbound Internet access for private subnets 4️⃣ Security Groups Configure layered security for ALB, Containers, Data Migration Server, and RDS Database 5️⃣ Setting Up a MySQL RDS Instance in AWS 🔹 Create DB Subnet Group 🔹 Launch MySQL database in private subnets 🔹 Store credentials in AWS Secrets Manager 6️⃣ Migrate Data into RDS 🔹 Launch EC2 instance for data migration 🔹 Run migrate command in user data 🔹 Verify SQL data migration into RDS 7️⃣ Setting Up Programmatic Access 🔹 Create IAM user 🔹 Generate access key and secret access key 🔹 Configure AWS CLI credentials locally 8️⃣ Setup Key to Clone GitHub Repository 🔹 Create SSH key pairs 🔹 Add public SSH key to GitHub account 🔹 Test GitHub authentication 9️⃣ Upload Application Code into a GitHub Repository 🔹 Create repository for application code 🔹 Clone and push application code to remote repo 🔹 Create personal access token (PAT) 🔹 Store PAT in AWS Secrets Manager 🔟 Creating Dockerfile and Building Docker Image 🔹 Create repository for Dockerfile 🔹 Write Dockerfile with application dependencies 🔹 Create build script for automation 🔹 Build and test Docker image locally 1️⃣1️⃣ Pushing Image to Amazon ECR 🔹 Create repository in Amazon ECR with AWS CLI 🔹 Authenticate Docker to ECR 🔹 Retag and push Docker image to ECR 🔹 Verify image in ECR console 1️⃣2️⃣ Application Load Balancer 🔹 Create Target Group with IP target type 🔹 Configure ALB with SSL certificate 🔹 Set up HTTP and HTTPS listeners 🔹 Configure health checks for containers 🔹 Verify traffic distribution 1️⃣3️⃣ ECS Setup 🔹 Create ECS Task Execution Role 🔹 Create ECS Task Role 🔹 Create ECS Load Balancer Role 🔹 Create ECS Cluster (Fargate) 🔹 Create Task Definition with container specs 🔹 Create ECS Service and attach to Target Group 🔹 Create ECS Scaling Policy 🔹 Test container deployment and auto-scaling 1️⃣4️⃣ Route 53 DNS Connect custom domain to ALB and verify HTTPS access 1️⃣5️⃣ Wrap-Up & Q&A End-to-end testing, containerization best practices, and live Q&A 💡 Skills You'll Learn ✅ Docker containerization ✅ Dockerfile creation and optimization ✅ Git and GitHub workflows ✅ Amazon ECR image management ✅ Multi-tier containerized AWS architecture ✅ Advanced Security Groups for containers ✅ RDS database management ✅ AWS Secrets Manager integration ✅ Application Load Balancer with IP targets ✅ SSL/TLS with ACM ✅ Amazon ECS orchestration (Fargate) ✅ ECS Task Definitions and Services ✅ Container auto-scaling implementation ✅ Production DNS with Route 53 ✅ IAM Roles for container workloads ☁️ AWS Services Covered VPC • Subnets • NAT Gateway • Security Groups • EC2 Instance Connect • EC2 • RDS • Secrets Manager • IAM Users & Roles • Amazon ECR • Application Load Balancer • Target Groups • Amazon ECS • ECS Task Definitions • ECS Services • ECS Auto Scaling • Route 53 • ACM • CloudWatch 🐳 Containerization & DevOps Tools Covered Docker • Dockerfile • Git • GitHub • AWS CLI 🧠 Real-World Use Cases ✅ Containerized microservices architectures ✅ Cloud-native application deployment ✅ Scalable SaaS platforms with Docker ✅ Enterprise DevOps workflows ✅ Serverless container orchestration with Fargate ✅ Production-grade CI/CD pipelines 🧰 Before You Join ✅ Complete Project 1 & 2 or have AWS networking and EC2 knowledge ✅ AWS Free Tier account ready ✅ Basic understanding of Docker concepts recommended ✅ Git and GitHub account set up ✅ AWS CLI installed locally 🔔 Don't Miss It! 📅 Saturday, [Date] @ 11 AM EST ✅ Click "Notify Me" ✅ Subscribe & share with your network #AWS #DevOps #CloudComputing #AzeezSalu #Docker #ECS #Containers #ECR #Fargate #Microservices #CloudNative #RDS #ALB #AutoScaling #Route53 #YouTubeLive