Deploy Bold BI on an ECS Fargate cluster using an Application Load Balancer

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This section explains how to deploy the Bold BI application on an ECS Fargate cluster using an Application Load Balancer.

ECS cluster - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/userguide/create_cluster.html
EFS - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/gs-step-two-create-efs-resources.html

All resources should be in the same security group and VPC.

Create the task definition for the Bold BI application using the following details. Follow this document to learn more about ECS task definitions.
- Requires compatibilities - FARGATE
- Operating system family - Linux
- Task memory (GB) - 4 GB
- Task CPU (vCPU) - 2vCPU
- Volumes - Add the EFS volume details in the Volumes section
- Add container - You can refer to this documentation for Bold BI docker image details.
  - Image - syncfusion/boldbi
  - Port mappings - 80 and tcp
  - STORAGE AND LOGGING
    Container path - /application/app_data
- Save the template.
Go to the Cluster and create the service by following below steps:
Navigate to = Amazon Elastic Container Service –> Clusters –> Cluster name –> Services –> Create

Environment:
- Launch type - Fargate with Latest version
Deployment configuration
- Application type is service and select the task definition created in Step 1.
- Desired tasks - 1
Networking
- Please use the same VPC, subnet, and security group that are used for the Cluster, Load balancer, and EFS.
Load balancing
- Follow the document below to create the Load balancer with target group in ECS service
  
  https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/userguide/create-load-balancer.html
Now, create the service.
Once service is Up and running you can access the Application using Application Load Balancer DNS.