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What are Containers?

A container packages your application with everything it needs to run. Multiple containers can share the same server's operating system while keeping their applications and libraries isolated.


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Container Benefits

Architecture

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Multiple containers run on the same server, each with its own application, sharing the OS through a containerization platform.

Deployment Consistency

Containers keep the application environment identical everywhere, making deployments smoother and debugging easier.


  

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Scaling with Orchestration

As applications grow from one host to hundreds of containers, orchestration tools automate deployment, scaling, and management.

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AWS Container Services

  • Orchestration: Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS - deploy, scale, and manage containers
  • Registry: Amazon ECR - store and version container images
  • Compute: AWS Fargate - run containers without managing servers

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What does containers do?

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