Amazon ECS
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a fully managed container orchestration service provided by AWS. It allows developers to run, scale, and manage Docker containers on a cluster of Amazon EC2 instances or using AWS Fargate, a serverless compute engine. ECS handles tasks such as container deployment, load balancing, and health monitoring, simplifying the operation of containerized applications.
Developers should use Amazon ECS when building and deploying containerized applications on AWS, especially for microservices architectures, batch processing, or web applications that require high scalability and reliability. It is ideal for teams that want to leverage AWS's managed infrastructure without the overhead of managing Kubernetes clusters, offering seamless integration with other AWS services like IAM, CloudWatch, and Elastic Load Balancing for enhanced security and monitoring.