Containers

If you’re deploying containerised workloads on AWS, you’ll quickly hit the ECS vs EKS question. Both run containers. Both integrate with the AWS ecosystem. But they solve the problem differently, and picking the wrong one creates unnecessary complexity. What They Are Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) is AWS’s own container orchestration service. You define tasks (container specs), put them in services, and ECS handles scheduling and scaling. It’s opinionated, tightly integrated with AWS, and designed to be simple. ...

Here’s a curated list of the most important Docker commands, grouped by what you actually do — not alphabetically. 1. Build & Tag Images docker build -t name:tag . Builds an image from a Dockerfile in the current directory. docker build -t my_app:latest . Most common flags: -f — specify a different Dockerfile path . — the build context (current directory); omit -f when the Dockerfile is in the same directory --no-cache — force a full rebuild, skipping the layer cache -t / --tag — give the image a name and optional version tag; defaults to latest if omitted Pro tip: Add a .dockerignore file to exclude unnecessary files (__pycache__, .git, data dumps) from the build context — it can dramatically speed up builds. ...