Explain the features of Amazon App Runner

In this recipe, we will learn about Amazon App Runner. We will also learn about the features of Amazon App Runner.

Recipe Objective - Explain the features of Amazon App Runner?

The Amazon App Runner is a widely used service and is defined as a fully managed service that allows developers to easily create containerized web apps and APIs at scale while requiring no prior infrastructure knowledge. Starting with the user's source code or a container image is a good place to start. Amazon App Runner automatically creates and deploys the web application, encrypts traffic for load balancing, is scalable to meet users' traffic demands, and makes it simple for their services to interface with other AWS services and applications running in a private Amazon VPC. Instead of worrying about servers or scaling, users can concentrate on your apps using App Runner. AWS App Runner is also defined as a cloud-based managed container solution. Web apps and APIs are the most common use cases. AWS, like its counterparts DigitalOcean App Platform, Heroku, and Google Cloud Run, doesn't want users to worry about scaling or infrastructure when they use their service. Amazon App Runner executes user's containers behind the scenes using Amazon ECS Cluster and Fargate. Also, Amazon App Runner has two ways of operation. AWS downloads code from GitHub and builds the application on every modification in build mode. It deploys Docker-compatible images from public or private AWS ECR registries in container mode.

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Benefits of Amazon App Runner

  • The Amazon App Runner enables the designing and executing of secure web-scale apps in just a few clicks and users don't need any prior container or infrastructure knowledge. No prior understanding of server configuration, networking, load balancing, or deployment pipelines is required and thus it is easy to use. Amazon App Runner enables running user's apps at a web-scale with high availability simple and cost-effective. To avoid cold starts and maintain persistent low latency, App Runner effortlessly scales up resources in response to user's traffic and automatically scales down to their chosen number of provided container instances thus it scales with the traffic. AWS manages App Runner's resources and infrastructure components, ensuring that they follow the security and operational best practices. This allows users to keep focused on their application while meeting their infrastructure and regulatory obligations and thus saves time. With App Runner's Amazon VPC integration, users can quickly connect to the AWS database, cache, and message queue services to support their App Runner apps. There are no public subnets required, which helps users safeguard their VPC's resources and thus ensures a compliant environment.

System Requirements

  • Any Operating System(Mac, Windows, Linux)

This recipe explains Amazon App Runner and the Features of Amazon App Runner.

Features of Amazon App Runner

    • It offers automatic deployments

When users link App Runner to their code repository or container image registry, App Runner can build and deploy their application automatically whenever their source code or container image is updated.

    • It offers to balance of Loads

The Amazon App Runner automatically load and balances traffic to provide high levels of reliability and further availability for your applications.

    • It provides auto-scaling

The Amazon App Runner automatically adjusts the number of containers up or down to fit the demands of your application, which is enabled by default.

    • It provides metrics and logs

The Amazon App Runner provides extensive development, deployment, and runtime logs, making it simple to monitor and improve their containerized apps. With built-in Amazon CloudWatch integration, users can receive a comprehensive set of computing metrics.

    • It provides management of certifications

The Amazon App Runner comes with fully managed TLS that requires no configuration. Before the certificates expire, App Runner renews them automatically.

    • It provides management of costs

Using the terminal, CLI, or API, users can easily pause and restart your App Runner apps. Users will only be charged if the service is active.

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