AWS ECS Target¶

Coming Soon

The ECS target is planned for a future release.

Overview¶

AWS ECS (Elastic Container Service) with Fargate provides:

Serverless container execution
Auto-scaling based on metrics
Integration with ALB/NLB
VPC networking
EFS for persistent storage

Planned Features¶

ECS Fargate deployment
Auto-scaling configuration
ALB integration
EFS volume mounts
VPC configuration
Service discovery

Configuration Preview¶

name: my-api
region: us-east-1

container:
  image: ghcr.io/myorg/my-api:latest
  ports:
    - container_port: 8080
      protocol: HTTP
  health_check:
    path: /health

service:
  replicas: 2
  public: true
  autoscaling:
    min: 2
    max: 10
    target_cpu: 70

resources:
  cpu: 512     # 0.5 vCPU
  memory: 1024 # 1 GB

# ECS-specific
ecs:
  cluster: my-cluster
  subnets:
    - subnet-123
    - subnet-456
  security_groups:
    - sg-789

Comparison with LightSail¶

Feature	LightSail	ECS Fargate
Pricing	Fixed monthly	Pay per use
Auto-scaling	Manual	Automatic
Persistent storage	No	Yes (EFS)
Load balancer	Built-in	ALB/NLB
Complexity	Low	Medium
VPC required	No	Yes

When to Use¶

Choose ECS when you need:

Auto-scaling for variable traffic
Persistent storage
Custom networking
Fine-grained resource control
Integration with other AWS services

Choose LightSail when you need:

Simple, predictable pricing
Quick setup
Low operational overhead