Docker on AWS - the Right Way
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Docker containers are an excellent solution to many problems: they can greatly simplify your deployment process, they provide an alternative approach to configuration management, and they offer excellent consistency and portability. However, running production environments on Docker containers can be challenging and requires careful consideration of various aspects such as high availability, scalability, storage persistence and more. In this webinar we will address some of the prominent issues you might encounter when designing Docker-based production environments on AWS, and present possible solutions to these issues.
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Docker on AWS - the Right Way
- 1. Johanan Lieberman Docker on AWS - the Right Way
- 2. ● Container Orchestration on AWS ● Service Discovery ● Service Load Balancing ● Auto Scaling ● Storage ● Continuous Integration & Delivery Agenda
- 5. ● Technologies which allow us to: ○ Create multi-node container clusters ○ Manage multiple containers easily ○ Automate container lifecycle What is Container Orchestration?
- 6. ● Horizontal scalability across multiple hosts ● Grouping of related containers ● Automatic failure detection and recovery ● Seamless updates Why Do We Need Container Orchestration?
- 8. ● Horizontal scalability across multiple hosts ● Grouping of related containers ● Automatic failure detection and recovery ● Seamless updates Why Do We Need Container Orchestration?
- 9. ● Docker container orchestration service by AWS ● Operates on top of EC2 ● Built-in private Docker registry (ECR) ECS - EC2 Container Service
- 10. ● Built-in security ○ Assign IAM Roles to Docker containers ○ Docker registry authentication using IAM ● Native integration with ELB and Auto Scaling ● Spot fleet + Auto Scaling support (announced Sep. 1, 2016) ● Full support from AWS Why Use ECS?
- 11. ● Cluster - a group of container instances ● Container Instance - an EC2 instance that hosts containers ● Task - a set of related Docker containers ● Task Definition - a template which defines a task ● Service - a group of identical tasks ECS Components
- 12. ● A group of container instances ● Supports multiple Availability Zones ● Bound to a specific AWS region Cluster
- 13. ● An EC2 instance running Docker with an ECS agent ● May be deployed from an official AWS AMI ● May be deployed using an Auto Scaling group ● Can be of any EC2 instance type / size Container Instance
- 14. ● A set of one or more related containers ● Deployed to a cluster ● Containers within a task are placed on the same host Task
- 15. ● Serves as a “template” for tasks ● Allows to define most of the Docker features accessible via docker run (image, volumes, networking, env vars...) ● Allows to define CPU and memory limits for the tasks ● Can assign an IAM role to a task ● Configurable using JSON Task Definition
- 16. ● An abstraction above tasks ● Deploys multiple “copies” from a task definition ● Maintaines the desired number of running tasks ● May bind to a load balancer Service
- 17. ● Cluster - a group of container instances ● Container Instance - an EC2 instance that hosts containers ● Task - a set of related Docker containers ● Task Definition - a template which defines a task ● Service - a group of identical tasks ECS Components
- 19. ● Use ECS to easily manage containerized apps on AWS ● Deploy ECS instances in multiple AZs for high availability ● Choose an instance type that is appropriate for your apps ECS - Summary & Best Practices
- 21. Question: How does a client know where to send a request when a service runs on multiple nodes?
- 22. ● A mechanism which allows a client to find out the network location of a service automatically What is Service Discovery?
- 23. ● Cloud environments change all the time ● IP addresses and ports are assigned dynamically ● Auto Scaling launches and terminates instances ● Some instances might be under maintenance or upgrade Why Do We Need Service Discovery?
- 25. Service Discovery Using a Service Registry
- 26. Service Discovery Using a Load Balancer
- 27. ● Cloud environments are dynamic and require service discovery ● There are multiple solutions for service discovery ● Use load balancers when possible ● Architectures combining a service registry and load balancers are possible but are more complicated Service Discovery - Summary & Best Practices
- 29. Question: How can we provide a single point of access to a service which runs on multiple containers?
- 30. ● A mechanism which provides a single point of access to an ECS service ● Routes traffic to multiple containers ● Can be internet-facing or internal ● Powered by AWS ELB ● Complements Auto Scaling What is Service Load Balancing?
- 31. ● Native integration with ECS ● Highly-available and auto-scaling by design ● Provides session stickiness ● Built-in health checks per service ● Support for VPC Security Groups Why Use Service Load Balancing?
- 32. ● A mature AWS service ● Routes traffic among EC2 instances ● Supports Layer 4 routing or (limited) Layer 7 routing ● No support for dynamic ports ELB - Classic Load Balancer
- 33. ELB - Classic Load Balancer
- 34. ● A new AWS service (announced Aug. 11, 2016) ● Supports containerized applications ● Routes traffic among EC2 instances or ECS tasks ● Supports Layer 4 routing or HTTP path-based routing ● Supports per-service health checks ● Cheaper than the classic ELB ELB - Application Load Balancer
- 35. ELB - Application Load Balancer
- 36. ● Two types of load balancers - ELB and ALB ● Use ALBs whenever possible ● Save costs by using path-based routing - one ALB can serve a big cluster with multiple services Service Load Balancing - Summary & Best Practices
- 37. Auto Scaling
- 38. Question: How can we automatically scale an ECS service based on load?
- 39. ● Automatically adjusting the capacity of the application’s infrastructure based on load What is Auto Scaling?
- 40. ● Service Auto Scaling - adjusting the number of running ECS tasks for the given service ● Cluster Auto Scaling - adjusting the number of EC2 instances in the cluster ● Both types rely on CloudWatch metrics Auto Scaling in ECS
- 41. ● Each container gets a portion of the CPU and memory of the host on which it runs ● This capacity is reserved for each container ● The remaining capacity is shared among all containers ● Resource allocation is configured in the task definition ECS Resource Allocation
- 42. ● Each ECS instance has 1024 CPU units per CPU core ● A container gets a relative amount of CPU cycles based on the configured units ● The configured units are reserved for the container ● CPU allocation is only relevant when there is competition on host resources ● The remaining CPU capacity may be used by other containers CPU Resource Allocation
- 43. ● Soft limit - the amount is reserved for the container but may be exceeded if capacity is available ● Hard limit - container is killed when trying to exceed the reserved amount ● Must use one limit type but may use both together Memory Resource Allocation
- 44. ● Adding more containers to handle an increasing load ● Configured inside ECS ● Use CPU and memory usage to trigger scaling events ● May use custom CloudWatch metrics too ● “Do we have enough compute power?” Service Auto Scaling
- 45. ● Adding more instances to accommodate an increasing number of containers ● Configured via EC2 Auto Scaling ● Use CPU and memory reservation to trigger scaling events ● “Do we have room for more containers?” Cluster Auto Scaling
- 46. Auto Scaling in Action
- 47. Auto Scaling in Action Uh-oh, need more containers!
- 48. Auto Scaling in Action Instance is almost full - need another one!
- 49. Auto Scaling in Action CPU usage is still high - need more containers!
- 50. Auto Scaling in Action ...
- 51. Auto Scaling in Action Looks good!
- 52. ● Configure both Service Auto Scaling and Cluster Auto Scaling ● Scale services based on utilization ● Scale clusters based on reservation ● Service Auto Scaling is much faster than Cluster Auto Scaling ● Leave some spare capacity on each host ○ Allows the cluster to scale in time Auto Scaling - Summary & Best Practices
- 53. Storage
- 54. Question: How to persist data used by a containerized application and share it among containers on multiple hosts?
- 55. ● Docker containers are volatile ● Docker uses Union File Systems for container storage ● Data that is written to the Union File System doesn’t persist Storage in Docker
- 56. ● Docker volumes can be used to persist data and share data between containers ● Docker volumes bypass the Union File System ● Host directories may be mounted as volumes ● Volumes are local to a host Docker Volumes
- 57. ● Elastic File System (EFS) - a shared storage solution by AWS ● ObjectiveFS - a 3rd party shared storage solution on top of S3 ● Both solutions provide the following: ○ A shared file system which can be accessed by multiple servers at the same time ○ Unlimited capacity which expands automatically Shared File Systems
- 58. Using a Shared File System
- 59. ● Use Docker volumes for persistence and for sharing data between containers ● Mount a shared file system on each host and map Docker volumes to it Storage - Summary & Best Practices
- 61. Question: How to deploy applications to ECS and update them without service disruption?
- 62. ● ECS can use Docker images from ECR or any other registry ● You can specify which images to deploy using task definitions ● ECS allows you to perform rolling updates to running services ● Updates can be triggered automatically using the ECS API ● Jenkins or any other CI/CD solution may be used to automate the process CI/CD with ECS
- 63. 1. Checkout source from version control to Jenkins server 2. Build a new Docker image 3. Push the new image to ECR 4. Update the task definition & service 5. ECS updates the containers on the cluster CI/CD with ECS - Workflow
- 64. ● Docker tags allow you to manage Docker images easily ● When building a new Docker image you must tag it ● Any string may be used as a tag ● The “latest” tag is used as a default tag if no tag is specified when building an image or running a container Using Docker Tags
- 65. ● Using the “latest” tag in CI/CD may lead to problems ● Pushing an image with a tag that already exists in the repository will cause that tag to move to the new image ● This can lead to two containers which appear to use the same image but in fact have different code ● A good use for “latest” is to indicate a stable or default version on a public Docker repository The “latest” Tag is Dangerous!
- 66. ● It is important to implement a proper tagging strategy when using Docker for CI/CD ● Common tag values: ○ Application version (“1.3”) ○ CI/CD build number (“136”) ○ Git SHA value (“ca82a6d”) Tagging Strategy
- 67. ● Use Jenkins to build new Docker images and push them to ECR ● Use Jenkins to trigger rolling updates on ECS ● Implement a proper tagging strategy ● Use the “latest” carefully and in addition to a version tag CI/CD - Summary & Best Practices
- 69. Open Positions DevOps Engineers Cloud Architect Big Data Specialist
Editor's Notes
- #32: Couple of reasons: SLB integrates natively with ECS It comes with built-in high availability and auto scaling so you don’t need to worry about failures or capacity It provides session stickiness which may be critical for certain applications It automatically checks that all of your nodes are healthy and stops routing traffic to unhealthy nodes And it employs VPC security groups which allows you to control who or what can access your service.