AppXen Docker Swarm stack comes with a fully configured Docker Swarm environment. With Docker Swarm you can containerize your applications and scale them securely utilizing Docker. Swarm provides a way to manage multiple containers across multiple EC2 hosts. Learn more about Docker Swarm.
AWS CONFIGURATION
When launching your instance, provide the following security group rules:
- TCP, 22, 22, YOUR-IP-ADDRESS*
Connect to your instance via SSH. Within the home directory there is a sample `stack.yml` file that can be used to spin up a sample wordpress stack. The instance is setup as a swarm master with persistent volumes. For more details on running a swarm cluster see: https://docs.docker.com/get-started/part4/
When launching the sample stack, you can log into the Adminer web interface using port 8080 by default, on your EC2 provided DNS, and use the credentials from the stack.yml.
Feel free to contact us if you need assistance working with swarm or setting up/architecting your application environment.