static-host

NGINX Static Host Task Definition for ECS

1. Customize the content that you wish to serve, by changing files inside the /srv directory.
2. Build your NGINX container:

   $ docker build -t nginx_sample .
   

3. Create an EC2 Container Registry to push your NGINX container to:

   $ aws ecr create-repository --repository-name nginx
   

4. Authenticate with your new repository:

   $ `aws ecr get-login`
   

5. Tag your image and push your NGINX container to the repository. (You must put it your own repository URI from the repositoryUri value from step #3)

   $ docker tag nginx_sample <repo uri>:revision_1
   $ docker push <repo uri>:revision_1
   

6. Modify task-definition.json with the the image URL you just pushed to your ECR:

   {
     "containerDefinitions": [
       {
         "name": "nginx",
         "image": "<repo uri>:revision_1",
         "memory": "256",
         "essential": true,
         "portMappings": [
           {
             "containerPort": "8000",
             "protocol": "tcp"
           }
         ]
       }
     ],
     "volumes": [],
     "networkMode": "bridge",
     "placementConstraints": [],
     "family": "nginx"
   }
   

7. The above task definition will launch your NGINX container, with the container's port bound to a dynamically chosen port on one of your ECS hosts. To direct web traffic to that dynamic port you will want to create an ALB and associate it with your ECS service.