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Create an ECS cluster and service

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Create an ECS cluster and service

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- [Instructor] Now we need to create a cluster and a service. A cluster in our situation is simply a group of resources dedicated to running our docker images. A service is the actual execution of our task definition. We can run as many copies as needed to support the demand of our users. In our case, we only need one copy of our container. So, let's get the cluster and service configured. We'll go to the ECS console. We'll select clusters. And click create. Since we are using Fargate, we'll choose the first option here. Click next. And provide a cluster name. WebAppCluster. We don't need to create a BPC, so we'll just click create. And just like that, the cluster has been created. I'll click view cluster, and we're going to wait for it to provision. Now that our cluster is showing active, let's continue. Here in the services tab, we'll click create. I'm going to select Fargate. And we're going to choose the task…

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