AWS Cloud Architecture•Part 3: Compute, Containers & Serverless (21 - 35)
ECS vs EKS: Operational trade-offs.
In Simple Words:
- Amazon ECS: AWS-native, simple, zero control-plane cost, deeply integrated with IAM and ALB.
- Amazon EKS: Managed Kubernetes. Higher learning curve and costs ($0.10/hour control plane), but provides cross-cloud portability and the huge Kubernetes ecosystem (Helm, ArgoCD).
json
// ECS Task Definition snippet:
{
"family": "api-service",
"networkMode": "awsvpc",
"requiresCompatibilities": ["FARGATE"],
"cpu": "512",
"memory": "1024",
"containerDefinitions": [
{
"name": "web",
"image": "123456789.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/api:v1",
"portMappings": [{ "containerPort": 8080 }]
}
]
}