Adaptable Infrastructure on AWS: Combining ECS and Lambda Behind an ALB

📰 Dev.to · Jason Wadsworth

Learn to build adaptable infrastructure on AWS by combining ECS and Lambda behind an ALB for scalable and secure applications

intermediate Published 27 May 2025
Action Steps
  1. Deploy an ECS cluster using AWS CLI
  2. Create a Lambda function to handle asynchronous tasks
  3. Configure an ALB to route traffic to ECS and Lambda
  4. Test the setup using a sample application
  5. Monitor and optimize the infrastructure using AWS CloudWatch
Who Needs to Know This

DevOps engineers and cloud architects can benefit from this approach to create flexible and efficient infrastructure on AWS, improving scalability and reducing costs

Key Insight

💡 Using ALB to route traffic to both ECS and Lambda enables adaptable infrastructure on AWS

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Key Takeaways

Learn to build adaptable infrastructure on AWS by combining ECS and Lambda behind an ALB for scalable and secure applications

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