Docker

Single Container Docker Mode

• Simply referred as docker mode
• 1 Container on 1 Docker host which is a single provisioned EC2 instance
• This mode does not use ECS
• Any one of the following 3 configuration items are required
• DockerFile : EB builds docker image & runs the container
• Dockerrun.aws.json(V1) : Use an existing docker image & configuration provide by the file
• Docker-compose.yml :

Multti Container Docker Mode

• Uses ECS to provision environments
• EC2 instances are provisioned through ECS
• ELB is used for load balancing
• We need t provide Dockerrun.aws.json (V2) in the applicaton source bundle at root level
• Docker images should be stored in ECR