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Running AWS ECS Tasks in Fargate (Fat Lambda)

Dan Rusk

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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Cloud and DevOpsDistributed systemsAWSDocker and containersServerless

Dan Rusk explains how to use AWS ECS and Fargate to run long-running tasks that exceed Lambda limits.

Fat Lambda: Using a serverless strategy that exceeds the limits of Lambda on AWS. In this video, you will learn what Fargate and ECS are and how you can use them to enhance your Lambda serverless solution. The tutorial starts at . This is an edited version of the content I presented live at the AWS Columbia Meetup on March 8th, 2018 (meetup.com/Columbia-AWS-Meetup/events/247176914/).

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What people say. Recommended as a guide for running long-running tasks using AWS Fargate instead of Lambda.

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On “Need to run a aws lambda function which takes more than 15 minutes to complete?”

…is used when your task is singular but has a long-running execution time and/or you have heavy hardware requirements. The idea is that you would create a script that executes your long process and put it into a docker container that's hosted in Fargate. Meaning no limits to execution time and access to powerful hardware (How to create a Fat Lambda link to this video) Step Function strategy A Step Function strategy is used to break down your entire process into smaller steps. Usually, a step function strategy would work for you if your process could have lots of miniature stages linked together instead of a big colossal job attempting to do everything simultaneously. Bear in mind that a "Fat Lambd…
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