If you are planning to deploy your web application on an Nginx server without using complex infrastructure, this blog is for you.
In this blog, I demonstrate how to deploy your web application in a container on a Nginx server using AWS App Runner. AWS App Runner is a fully managed service that simplifies the process of deploying and scaling containerized web applications. So, I used simple web app or a pre-built container image and App Runner handles the rest. It automatically builds, deploys and sets up load balancing with encryption, while scaling up or down based on the traffic needs of your app- making it easy to manage without deep infrastructure expertise.
Why should we use App Runner?
AWS App Runner is a fully managed solution that makes it easier to deploy APIs and containerized web apps. some key reason to use AWS App Runner
- Easy to use: App Runner allows you to launch applications directly from source code or container images with little setup, eliminating the need for advanced DevOps knowledge or complex infrastructure configurations.
- Scaling: It help to scales applications up or down automatically based on demand, so you don’t need to manage infrastructure capacity.
- Cost-effective: Compared to maintaining dedicated infrastructure, you only pay for the resources used when your application is processing traffic, which can help save money.
- Default Secure: App Runner automatically implements SSL termination, encryption for data in transit and at rest, and other security best practices.
Let’s go to demo section.
Step 1: Create a pre-built container image
- Go to Terminal on local machine or VS Code Terminal and type
mkdir nginx-web-app
cd nginx-web-app
- Now, Open your nginx web app folder in VS code editor or any code editor.
- Under Nginx Web App folder create a new file name as index.html and paste it with following code
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Web Application On Nginx Server</title>
<style>
html { color-scheme: light; }
body { width: 35em; margin: 0 auto;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Congratulation, you are successfully install and configure App runner on AWS cloud. </h1>
<p>If you get this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and working properly. </p>
<p><em>Thank you for read my blog</em></p>
</body>
</html>
- Now, create another file name Dockerfile and paste it with following code
FROM --platform=linux/amd64 nginx:latest
WORKDIR /usr/share/nginx/html
COPY index.html index.html
- Now, create container using following command on terminal.
docker build -t nginx-web-app .
Step2: Now, transfer your container image file into Amazon ECR
- Open your AWS management console and search ECR service
- Click on create repository
Write your repository name
Leave as default setting and click on create button
- After create a repository select your repository and click on view push command
- Then paste the following command from push command to your terminal to authenticate and push the image to the repository.
Note: If you are not activate your AWS CLI then you have to configure AWS CLI on your local terminal machine or VS code terminal.
- Open your terminal and type > aws configure > Paste your credential access key and secret key.
AWS Access Key ID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
AWS Secret Access Key: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Default Region: default
Default output format: default
- Now, paste the follow the command from view push command.
Step 3: After complete above process now create AWS App Runner Service
- create App Runner
- For Source and Deployment part leave as default just click on browse
- Select your image repository and click on continue
- For the deployment part leave as default only select create a new service role under ECR access role
- In the service setting part leave as default other setting just change only service name and port then click next
Name: nginx-web-app-service-name
Port:80
- Now, in the review and create section just review your setting and click on create and deploy
- It will take few minutes you can see logs
- When the app is deploying successfully you can copy default domain and paste it browser
Congratulation! Your web application has now been successfully installed on a Nginx server using AWS App Runner. Scaling and managing your app is now easier and more efficient. Now that load balancing and scaling have been integrated, your application is ready to handle incoming traffic and function effectively at different traffic levels.
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