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Running Windows Containers on AWS

You're reading from   Running Windows Containers on AWS A complete guide to successfully running Windows containers on Amazon ECS, EKS, and AWS Fargate

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804614136
Length 212 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marcio Morales Marcio Morales
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Preface 1. Part 1: Why Windows Containers on Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
2. Chapter 1: Windows Container 101 FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Amazon Web Services – Breadth and Depth 4. Part 2: Windows Containers on Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
5. Chapter 3: Amazon ECS – Overview 6. Chapter 4: Deploying a Windows Container Instance 7. Chapter 5: Deploying an EC2 Windows-Based Task 8. Chapter 6: Deploying a Fargate Windows-Based Task 9. Part 3: Windows Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
10. Chapter 7: Amazon EKS – Overview 11. Chapter 8: Preparing the Cluster for OS Interoperability 12. Chapter 9: Deploying a Windows Node Group 13. Chapter 10: Managing a Windows Pod 14. Part 4: Operationalizing Windows Containers on AWS
15. Chapter 11: Monitoring and Logging 16. Chapter 12: Managing a Windows Container's Image Life Cycle 17. Chapter 13: Working with Ephemeral Hosts 18. Chapter 14: Implementing a Container Image Cache Strategy 19. Chapter 15: AWS Windows Containers Deployment Tools 20. Index 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Why AWS for Windows containers?

A lot of people ask me: Marcio, why should I choose AWS to run Windows containers if Microsoft is the one that built and owns the technology? I prefer to let you choose a cloud provider that addresses your needs and requirements based on your due diligence. In this first topic, we’ll learn about the pace of innovation around Windows containers on AWS.

AWS started supporting Windows containers in December 2017. From there, it learned about the technology, hired experts in the subject, and launched over 11 features and services in almost 5 years. The following list contains the most notable launches around Windows containers, with a drastic increase in pace in 2022:

  • Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) support for Windows, December 2017: AWS started supporting Amazon ECS with Windows Server 2016 and Docker 17.06 Enterprise.
  • Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) support for Windows, October 2019: AWS started supporting Amazon EKS...
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