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+# Fargate Service with local image
+
+The ecs-pattern `ApplicationLoadBalancedFargateService` will be used to start up a loadbalanced Fargate serice with an image defined locally.
+
+`--platform=linux/amd64` is added to `local-image/Dockerfile` to ensure that the build will succeed when initiated from other platforms.
+
+## Build
+
+To build this app, you need to be in this example's root folder. Then run the following:
+
+```bash
+npm install
+npx cdk synth
+```
+
+After the deployment you will see the API's URL, which represents the url you can then use.
+
+## Deploy
+
+Run `cdk deploy`. This will deploy / redeploy your Stack to your AWS Account.
+
+Deployment takes about 5 minutes.
+
+After the deployment you will see the API's URL, which represents the url you can then use.
+
+
+## Synthesize Cloudformation Template
+
+To see the Cloudformation template generated by the CDK, run `cdk synth`, then check the output file in the "cdk.out" directory.
diff --git a/typescript/ecs/fargate-service-with-local-image/cdk.json b/typescript/ecs/fargate-service-with-local-image/cdk.json
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--- a/typescript/ecs/fargate-service-with-local-image/cdk.json
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@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "app": "node index"
+  "app": "npx ts-node --prefer-ts-exts index.ts"
 }
diff --git a/typescript/ecs/fargate-service-with-local-image/index.ts b/typescript/ecs/fargate-service-with-local-image/index.ts
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--- a/typescript/ecs/fargate-service-with-local-image/index.ts
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@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'FargateServiceWithLocalImage');
 
 // Create VPC and Fargate Cluster
 // NOTE: Limit AZs to avoid reaching resource quotas
-const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(stack, 'MyVpc', { maxAzs: 2 });
+//       NAT needed to pull from ECR and to push cloudwatch logs
+const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(stack, 'MyVpc', { maxAzs: 2, natGateways: 1 });
 const cluster = new ecs.Cluster(stack, 'Cluster', { vpc });
 
 // Instantiate Fargate Service with a cluster and a local image that gets
diff --git a/typescript/ecs/fargate-service-with-local-image/local-image/Dockerfile b/typescript/ecs/fargate-service-with-local-image/local-image/Dockerfile
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--- a/typescript/ecs/fargate-service-with-local-image/local-image/Dockerfile
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
-FROM python:3.4-alpine
+FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.4-alpine
 
 # Set the working directory to /app
 WORKDIR /app