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tags: ECS, Containers, AWS
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# Kinatico: Development Week - AWS Workshop

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This is our list of hints and tips from the ECS presentation.

# Follow Up Items

TBC

## ECS Best Practices
Best Practices - Running your application with Amazon ECS
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/bestpracticesguide/application.html
Well Architected - Container Build Lens
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/container-build-lens/container-build-lens.html
Well Architected - ECS Lens
https://github.com/aws-samples/custom-lens-wa-hub/tree/main/Amazon-ECS-Lens
ECS Container Patterns
https://containersonaws.com/pattern/

## Container Optimisation
General community guidance on container optimisation
* Containers on the Counch - Container optimization strategy :movie_camera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM7Wy8bpyL0
* re:Invent 2022 - Building containers on AWS :movie_camera:
https://youtu.be/S7JwFFZ-7_Q
* ECS and AWS Resilience Hub Integration :movie_camera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GUZzAfuCOs
* AWS Fargate right sizing dashboard (Oct 22)
https://github.com/mreferre/container-insights-custom-dashboards/tree/master/fargate-right-sizing
* AWS Fargate Enables Faster Container Startup using Seekable OCI
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-fargate-enables-faster-container-startup-using-seekable-oci/
* Amazon ECS Finhack Workshop
https://catalog.us-east-1.prod.workshops.aws/workshops/4a04c5d0-6750-417c-a190-cbeb941fb664/en-US
## Migration
Migration tools and strategies
* AWS App2Container for Java and .NET
https://aws.amazon.com/app2container/
* Porting Assistant for .NET
https://aws.amazon.com/porting-assistant-dotnet/
* AWS Microservice Extractor for .NET
https://aws.amazon.com/microservice-extractor/
* AWS Prescriptive Guidance - The strangler fig pattern
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/modernization-aspnet-web-services/fig-pattern.html
* Migration Hub - Refactor Spaces
https://aws.amazon.com/migration-hub/features/?nc=sn&loc=2#Incremental_app_refactoring

**Interested in these? Chat with us about the App2Container Workshop which includes Refactor Spaces.**
https://catalog.us-east-1.prod.workshops.aws/workshops/2c1e5f50-0ebe-4c02-a957-8a71ba1e8c89/en-US

## Operations
Operational day 2 tasks
* Autoscaling Deep Dive
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/deep-dive-on-amazon-ecs-cluster-auto-scaling/
* Re-balancing ECS Tasks
https://github.com/aws-samples/ecs-refarch-task-rebalancing
* Easier EC2 instance maintenance with managed draining for Amazon ECS capacity providers
https://community.aws/content/2bMN99heQOCAAkJDC7wwB6ObVyx/manage
* Gatecheck enables users to define, check, and enforce policies on ECS tasks.
https://arvindsoni80.github.io/gatecheck/architecture/
* Do's and Don'ts with AWS Batch
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/hpc/aws-batch-best-practices/
* Simplifying Amazon ECS monitoring set up with AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/simplifying-amazon-ecs-monitoring-set-up-with-aws-distro-for-opentelemetry/
* Setting up AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector in Amazon Elastic Container Service
https://aws-otel.github.io/docs/setup/ecs
* AWS CodeDeploy now supports linear and canary deployments for Amazon ECS
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/aws-codedeploy-now-supports-linear-and-canary-deployments-for-amazon-ecs/
* Bottlerocket ECS Updater https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket-ecs-updater
* Adding synchronous vulnerability scanning on push to ECR to stop container builds with critical vulnerabilities.
https://hackmd.io/@arranp/B17X6of1T

**Troubleshooting**
* Access EC2 ECS Container Instances for rudimentary troubleshooting via System Manager
https://hackmd.io/@arranp/By9vvpG1p
* Get an interactive session on a running task with Fargate or ECS on EC2 using ECS Exec.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ecs-exec.html

## Security
* Using Amazon GuardDuty ECS runtime monitoring with Fargate and Amazon EC2
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/using-amazon-guardduty-ecs-runtime-monitoring-with-fargate-and-amazon-ec2/

# Case Study
* Fire TV at Amazon Prime Video Modernizes Its Stack Using Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate
https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/amazon-prime-video-ecs-case-study/

# Self Paced Learning
Badges & Training - .NET on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/developer/language/net/badges-and-training/
AWS Ramp-Up Guide - Containers
https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/ramp-up_guides/Ramp-Up_Guide_Containers.pdf
AWS Skill Builder - Containers Learning Path
https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/public/learning_plan/view/83/containers-learning-plan