Architecture World 4 · Shipped in Containers · Stage 1

Pick the Platform

Seven workloads want containers, or think they do. Pick who runs the hosts, who runs the scheduler, and which one should not be a container at all.

  • ECS and EKS
  • Fargate and EC2 launch types
  • App Runner
  • Lambda container images
  • ECS Anywhere and EKS Anywhere
  • When not to containerise
Domain
Core architecture
World
Architecture World 4: Shipped in Containers (Professional)
Game type
Solution board: Drop services into each row's slots, then run records through them.
Time
About 20 minutes on a first attempt (estimated)
Exam guides
  • SAA-C03Task 2.1: Design scalable and loosely coupled architectures; Task 3.2: Design high-performing and elastic compute solutions; Task 4.2: Design cost-optimized compute solutions
  • DEA-C01Skill 1.2.1: Optimize container usage for performance needs (for example, Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS)
  • SAP-C02Task 4.3: Determine a new architecture for existing workloads; Task 4.4: Determine opportunities for modernization and enhancements