This app module is used to create a short-lived task/job. To create a long-running service, use Fargate Service.
After creating the application, add an Event capability to trigger the task from items in a queue, on a schedule, or directly.
Fargate Task is a great choice for applications that require 2 things:
- Running jobs triggered on a schedule, from a queue, or manually
- You do not want to manage EC2 servers
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When a task is triggered by events or through the CLI, it is placed into private subnets on the connected network. As a result, the Fargate Task can route to services on the private network.
Since it is a task, no ports are exposed privately or publicly. It does not provide support for attaching load balancers, API Gateways, etc.
This application module supports various capabilities to handle execution of a Fargate Task.
- Trigger: Enable events to execute Fargate Task (e.g. Cron Trigger, SQS Queue)
- CLI Execution:
nullstone exec(Seeexecfor more information)
Logs are automatically emitted to AWS Cloudwatch Log Group: /<task-name>.
To access through the Nullstone CLI, use nullstone logs CLI command. (See logs for more information)
Nullstone automatically injects secrets into your Fargate Task through environment variables. (They are stored in AWS Secrets Manager and injected by AWS during launch.)