Amazon Fargate

name: Amazon Fargate
description: >-
  Amazon Fargate is a serverless compute engine for containers that works with
  both Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS. Fargate removes the need to provision and
  manage servers, letting you specify and pay for resources per application,
  and improves security through application isolation by design.
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
url: https://aws.amazon.com/fargate/
type: Index
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-04-19'
tags:
- AWS
- Compute
- Containers
- ECS
- EKS
- Microservices
- Serverless
apis:
- name: Amazon Fargate API
  description: >-
    The Amazon Fargate API is accessed through Amazon ECS and enables you to
    run containers without managing servers or clusters. You can define tasks,
    configure networking and IAM policies, and deploy containerized
    applications with serverless compute capacity.
  image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/fargate/
  baseURL: https://ecs.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Compute
  - Containers
  - Microservices
  - Serverless
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/userguide/what-is-fargate.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-fargate-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-fargate-cluster-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-fargate-task-definition-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-fargate-task-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-fargate-service-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/amazon-fargate-cluster-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/amazon-fargate-task-definition-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/amazon-fargate-task-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/amazon-fargate-service-structure.json
  - type: Example
    url: examples/amazon-fargate-cluster-example.json
  - type: Example
    url: examples/amazon-fargate-task-definition-example.json
  - type: Example
    url: examples/amazon-fargate-task-example.json
  - type: Example
    url: examples/amazon-fargate-service-example.json
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/fargate/pricing/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/fargate/getting-started/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/fargate/faqs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/fargate/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/userguide/what-is-fargate.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecs
- type: SignUp
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.aws.amazon.com/
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/aws-fargate
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-fargate-spectral-rules.yml
- type: NaftikoCapability
  url: capabilities/shared/fargate.yaml
- type: NaftikoCapability
  url: capabilities/amazon-fargate-container-orchestration.yaml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-fargate-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSON-LD
  url: json-ld/amazon-fargate-context.jsonld
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Serverless Compute
    description: Run containers without provisioning or managing servers. Fargate handles capacity, OS updates, and scaling automatically.
  - name: ECS and EKS Integration
    description: Works seamlessly with both Amazon ECS task definitions and Amazon EKS pods.
  - name: Workload Isolation
    description: Each task runs in its own dedicated single-tenant compute environment for improved security.
  - name: VPC Networking
    description: Tasks receive ENIs with full VPC networking support including security groups and VPC Flow Logs.
  - name: Auto Scaling
    description: Supports Application Auto Scaling with target tracking, step scaling, and scheduled scaling.
  - name: Persistent Storage
    description: Integration with Amazon EFS for stateful workloads requiring persistent storage.
  - name: Compliance Support
    description: HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP, and GovCloud (US) region support for regulated workloads.
  - name: CloudWatch Integration
    description: Built-in Container Insights for metrics, logs, and observability.
  - name: ARM64/Graviton Support
    description: Run workloads on AWS Graviton processors for improved price-performance.
  - name: Spot Instances
    description: Run fault-tolerant workloads on Fargate Spot for significant cost savings.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Web Applications and APIs
    description: Deploy microservices-based web applications and REST APIs without infrastructure management.
  - name: Batch Data Processing
    description: Run parallel data processing jobs and ETL workloads using AWS Batch with Fargate.
  - name: Application Modernization
    description: Lift-and-shift containerized workloads to serverless infrastructure for reduced operational burden.
  - name: AI/ML Workloads
    description: Run training, inference, and data preparation containers in flexible serverless environments.
  - name: CI/CD Pipelines
    description: Execute build, test, and deployment pipelines as ephemeral Fargate tasks.
  - name: Scheduled Jobs
    description: Run time-based container workloads using Amazon EventBridge and Fargate tasks.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon ECS
    description: Primary orchestration engine for running Fargate tasks and services.
  - name: Amazon EKS
    description: Run Kubernetes pods serverlessly using Fargate profiles.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: Fine-grained task-level IAM roles for container security and least privilege.
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch
    description: Container Insights, metrics, logs, and alarms for Fargate workloads.
  - name: AWS Application Auto Scaling
    description: Automatically scale Fargate services based on CloudWatch metrics.
  - name: Amazon EFS
    description: Persistent shared file storage for stateful Fargate workloads.
  - name: AWS Batch
    description: Run high-scale batch workloads using Fargate compute environments.
  - name: Application Load Balancer
    description: Route HTTP/HTTPS traffic to Fargate services using ALB target groups.
  - name: AWS Secrets Manager
    description: Inject secrets and configuration into Fargate task containers securely.
  - name: Amazon ECR
    description: Store and deploy container images from Amazon Elastic Container Registry.
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace
integrations:
  - name: Sign in
  - name: Agent Mode
  - name: 'Why AWS Marketplace?'
  - name: Get started in AWS Marketplace
  - name: Industry
  - name: Resources
  - name: Become a Channel Partner
  - name: Sell in AWS Marketplace
  - name: Manage Your Account
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: [email protected]
  url: https://apievangelist.com