This article explains the process of automating the build and deployment of a node.js application to Amazon ECS using GitLab CI/CD.
The project makes use of GitLab as version control, Docker for containerization and AWS services like ECS, ECR, etc.
The article lists the technology stack used, architecture diagram followed for better understanding of the process.
The article also provides detailed steps for prerequisites, configuring Gitlab as version control and preparing AWS resources.
The article highlights the process of building and pushing Docker image, setting up Amazon ECS with Fargate and creating GitLab CI/CD pipeline.
CloudWatch is used for enabling monitoring and logging, and creating alarms for monitoring metrics such as CPU usage, memory and application errors.
The article provides a detailed explanation of every step with relevant commands that make it easy to implement.
By the end of this guide, you will have a complete understanding of the CI/CD workflow in AWS.
This article is a must-read for DevOps engineers who want to learn how to automate the build and deployment processes of their Node.js applications to Amazon ECS efficiently.
The author also shares the GitHub profile for more DevOps related content.