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Terraforming a Laravel application using AWS ECS Fargate – Part 5

Elastic Container Service We have reached the final part of this series. In this post we will be configuring the ECS cluster. ECS consists of 4 different layers. The innermost layer consists of the container definition. Containers are run as tasks, which requires a task definition. The task definitions are kept running by a service.

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Terraforming a Laravel application using AWS ECS Fargate – Part 4

Creating an application using the Laravel framework The Laravel framework will be used to validate the interoperability of the infrastructure created by Terraform. The steps are similar for any LAMP, LEMP and other similar applications. I have used simple/straight forward codes to showcase the functionality. Please use necessary abstraction so that code outlives the application.

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Terraforming a Laravel application using AWS ECS Fargate – Part 3

Backing services Any service which the application consumes over a network can be termed as Backing services. The easiest examples are MySQL database, S3 object storage, Redis in-memory datastore, SES for sending emails etc. The important factor about backing services is that we can swap the backing services depending on our needs i.e. we can

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Terraforming a Laravel application using AWS ECS Fargate – Part 2

The next step is to create the VPC and ALB. VPC VPC, short for virtual private cloud, allows you to launch AWS services in a logically isolated virtual network. We start by creating a file called variables.tf that will hold variable values of the application. Fill the file with the following content: variable “app_name” {

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Terraforming a Laravel application using AWS ECS Fargate – Part 1

Introduction Terraform is an open source infrastructure as code(IaC) software tool. We will be using Terraform for creating AWS infrastructure. We can collaborate effectively when we configure the infrastructure using code and commit to our version control systems. We can also execute reviews/suggest new approaches for configuring certain tasks. Additionally, we can spin up new

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Our Kodaikanal visit: A refreshing experience

A refreshingly new perspective and appreciation of life and the world around us; that’s what being in beautiful places flourishing with nature’s absolute best offerings does to your mind. This is especially true now, considering the fact that we were stuck at home staring at screens for what seemed like an eternity. It was still

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Our enchanting Vagamon trip: a memoir

Even though I have traveled to a lot of places including Vagamon, the recent 2-day Vagamon trip with my family and colleagues has been one of the most memorable and unique experiences I have had in recent times. Jancy and Lasitha with their family and Ajith, Anoop, Praveen and Sanju joined the trip. I have

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Our Project Director’s trip to Sweden

Our Project Director, Ajith, visited our office in Sweden. He had a fantastic time traveling and meeting with many of our Swedish clients. From Kochi International airport, Ajith flew to Stockholm Arlanda airport in Sweden. He describes the train ride from Arlanda to Stockholm’s central part as a gorgeous mix of Nordic greenery and a

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Team outings: A trip to Alappuzha

As a person who worked as a freelancer before, this was my first trip ever with my colleagues and their families – a Journey through the scenic backwaters of Alappuzha. On June 25, four colleagues, Jancy, Lasitha, Ashwathy, and Chithra joined me with their family members on this journey. A special compliment to Jancy and

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2022: We’re Great Place to Work certified again

LiteBreeze is a certified Great Place to Work™️ second time in a row. As with last year, we scored high in management credibility, workplace fairness, and camaraderie, important factors to be an ‘employer of choice’ to the best IT talent.  Great Place To Work®’s mission is to make the world a better place to work

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CRISIL credit report 2021 – Second highest grade for LiteBreeze

LiteBreeze has successfully advanced to the second-highest rating of SME 2 which indicates a ‘high’ level of creditworthiness from the third place of ‘good’ in 2020 as per CRISIL’s rating. This signifies not just our improved rating but also our continual growth during recent tough times. Highlights from the report: Organisational stability: The company has

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Christmas celebrations 2021

2021 ended with a celebratory cheer for the LiteBreeze team with a fun-filled online Christmas/New-year event. Our whole team along with our Nordic business partners, our managing director David and his family attended the event. The fun event started with games that included team challenges like Christmas carol singing and guessing the logo. What made

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