Deploying a Spring Boot application to AWS Fargate
Deploying a Spring Boot application to AWS Fargate involves the following steps:
1. Prerequisites
- AWS Account: Ensure you have an active AWS account.
- Docker Installed: Your Spring Boot application should be containerized using Docker.
- AWS CLI: Install and configure the AWS CLI with the required permissions.
- ECS CLI or AWS Management Console: To deploy and manage your services on ECS.
2. Prepare Your Spring Boot Application
1. Build the JAR: Use Maven or Gradle to build the application:
./mvnw package
The JAR file will be in the target/ directory.
2. Create a Dockerfile: Create a Dockerfile in your project's root:
FROM openjdk:17-jdk-slim ARG JAR_FILE=target/my-app.jar COPY ${JAR_FILE} app.jar ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar", "/app.jar"]
3. Build and Test Docker Image:
docker build -t my-spring-boot-app . docker run -p 8080:8080 my-spring-boot-app
Verify the application is running on localhost:8080.
3. Push Docker Image to AWS ECR
1. Create an ECR Repository:
aws ecr create-repository --repository-name my-spring-boot-app
2. Authenticate Docker to AWS ECR:
aws ecr get-login-password --region <region> | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin <account_id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com
3. Tag and Push the Image:
docker tag my-spring-boot-app:latest <account_id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com/my-spring-boot-app:latest docker push <account_id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com/my-spring-boot-app:latest
4. Configure AWS Fargate
1. Create a Task Definition:
- Use the AWS Management Console or AWS CLI to define your task.
- Specify:
1. Task family name.
2. Container details (e.g., ECR image URL, memory, and CPU requirements).
3. Networking configurations.
2. Set Up ECS Cluster:
aws ecs create-cluster --cluster-name my-spring-boot-cluster
3. Deploy the Service:
- Create a service in your ECS cluster using the task definition.
- Specify Fargate as the launch type.
5. Configure Networking and Load Balancer
1. VPC and Subnets: Ensure your cluster runs in a VPC with proper subnets (public/private based on use case).
2. Create an Application Load Balancer:
- Attach to your ECS service.
- Configure health checks and listener rules.
6. Deploy and Verify
- Once deployed, ECS will pull your Docker image from ECR and run it on Fargate.
- Access the application via the Load Balancer's DNS.
7. Automate with CI/CD (Optional)
Use AWS CodePipeline or a third-party CI/CD tool to automate build, test, and deployment steps.