ECS Terraform flow

A simple ECS Terraform setup that includes:

• 1 Task CPU based auto-scale
• 1 SQS Message count based auto-scale.
• 1 VPC
• 4 Subnets(2 public and 2 private)
• 2 Elastic IP
• 2 NAT
• 1 ALB
• 1 ECS Cluster
• 2 ECS Service
• 2 SQS

How to setup:

• Set AWS Credentials using awsuser for profile.
• Execute terraform apply ${image} (Make sure you pick correct workspace).

Modules

• env - module that based on selected workspace specify what environment will be used across the whole deployment
• security - generate role/security groups and etc...
• workers - a module that represents worker instance.

How to deploy

1. Select the environment you want with following command - terraform workspace select ${environment}.
2. Execute terraform apply and provide the required container image parameter.
3. If deploy plan is OK, type yes.

How to SSH into a task

aws ecs execute-command --profile ${aws_profile} --region us-east-1 --cluster ${cluster_name} --task ${task} --command bash --interactive