High Availability E-Commerce Platform Deployment

ADVANCED

180 minutes

5 tasks

In this lab, you will architect and deploy a high availability e-commerce platform using multiple AWS services including Amazon ECS, AWS Fargate, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Elastic Load Balancing. You will simulate a production-level environment to manage varied loads seamlessly while ensuring minimal downtime and disaster recovery capabilities across AWS regions. Additionally, you will implement CloudWatch for monitoring and auto-scaling features to adapt to traffic spikes.

Scenario

You are working for an e-commerce company, CloudShop, expanding their operations globally. To ensure a seamless shopping experience for users worldwide, the CTO mandates the deployment of a highly available and scalable platform. The solution must include automatic scaling, reliable failover in case of regional service disruptions, and continuous monitoring for performance metrics and health status.

Learning Objectives

Deploy a highly available e-commerce platform with ECS on Fargate.
Implement cross-region failover capabilities using AWS services.
Configure auto-scaling policies based on monitoring metrics.
Set up continuous monitoring and alerts for system health and performance.

tasks (5)

task 1: Create ECS Cluster and Deploy Sample Application

30 min

task 2: Configure Cross-Region Failover with Load Balancing

45 min

task 3: Implement Auto-Scaling and Monitoring with CloudWatch

35 min

task 4: Test Disaster Recovery with Database Failover

45 min

task 5: Secure Communications and Data Transfer

25 min

Prerequisites

•Basic understanding of Amazon ECS and Fargate
•Familiarity with networking concepts like DNS and load balancing
•Knowledge of CloudWatch metrics and alarms
•Experience with RDS databases and replication
•Understanding of secure web application protocols

Skills Tested

Deploy and manage ECS clusters using FargateConfigure Route 53 for cross-region load balancingImplement auto-scaling with CloudWatch monitoringTest database failover strategiesSecure web applications with SSL/TLS and encrypted connections