In this section, we are going to learn how to deploy our pets application to AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS). Next to Kubernetes and Docker Swarm, ECS is one of the most popular container platforms.
We are assuming that you are somewhat familiar with AWS and its core concepts, such as security group (SG), virtual private cloud (VPC), and elastic compute cloud (EC2).
As a prerequisite, we need an account on AWS. If you do not yet have such an account then please create a free trial account here at https://aws.amazon.com/free. Log in to your account using the link at https://console.aws.amazon.com. Navigate to the ECS home page at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecs/home.
