A practical guide to deploying Temporal Workers on Amazon ECS with Fargate. Covers container configuration with a minimal Python Dockerfile, health check implementation using an embedded HTTP server, graceful SIGTERM shutdown handling, IAM role separation (execution vs. task roles), secrets management via SSM Parameter Store, Fargate Spot configuration for 50–70% cost savings, and auto-scaling strategies tailored to Workers' unique characteristics (no inbound traffic, I/O-bound workloads). Also includes guidance on when to choose ECS over EKS.
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Configuring your application #Infrastructure #Scaling #Observability #When to Use ECS vs. EKS #89 Impressions