Week 10 Worklog

Week 10 Objectives:

  • Explore modern container and orchestration platforms on AWS.
  • Compare ECS, EKS, and OpenShift implementation options.

Tasks to be carried out this week:

DayTaskStart DateCompletion DateReference MaterialStatus
1AWS: Lightsail Containers06/19/202606/19/2026Deployed containers on LightsailCompleted
2AWS: ECS & Fargate06/20/202606/20/2026Ran container workloads without server managementCompleted
3AWS: ECS CDK06/21/202606/21/2026Modeled ECS infrastructure using CDKCompleted
4AWS: ECS CI/CD06/22/202606/22/2026Built CI/CD flows for ECS applicationsCompleted
5AWS: EKS Getting Started06/23/202606/23/2026Started with Kubernetes on EKSCompleted
6AWS: EKS Blueprints06/24/202606/24/2026Used blueprint-based EKS and delivery patternsCompleted
7AWS: Red Hat OpenShift06/25/202606/25/2026Reviewed ROSA platform capabilitiesCompleted

Daily Details

Day 1 - AWS: Lightsail Containers

  • Deployed containers on Lightsail and compared the approach with ECS.

Day 1 screenshot

Day 2 - AWS: ECS & Fargate

  • Ran container workloads without managing servers directly.

Day 2 screenshot

Day 3 - AWS: ECS CDK

  • Modeled ECS infrastructure with CDK for repeatable deployment.

Day 3 screenshot

Day 4 - AWS: ECS CI/CD

  • Built a CI/CD pipeline for ECS applications.

Day 4 screenshot

Day 5 - AWS: EKS Getting Started

  • Learned the basic Kubernetes concepts behind Amazon EKS.

Day 5 screenshot

Day 6 - AWS: EKS Blueprints

  • Designed EKS infrastructure and delivery flows using Blueprints.

Day 6 screenshot

Day 7 - AWS: Red Hat OpenShift

  • Reviewed the ROSA platform and its role in the AWS container ecosystem.

Day 7 screenshot

Week 10 Achievements:

  • Developed clearer understanding of container platform trade-offs on AWS.
  • Improved deployment patterns across ECS, EKS, and managed options.
  • Built practical context for platform selection by workload needs.