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Configuring AWS ECS to have access to AWS EFS

If you would like to persist data from your ECS containers, i.e. hosting databases like MySQL or MongoDB with Docker, you need to ensure that you can mount the data directory of the database in the container to volume that's not going to dissappear when your container or worse yet, the EC2 instance that hosts your containers, is restarted or scaled up or down for any reason.

Don't know how to create your own AWS ECS Cluster? Go here!

New Cluster

Sadly the EC2 provisioning process doesn't allow you to configure EFS during the initial config. After your create your cluster, follow the guide below.

New Task Definition for Web App

If you're using an Alpine-based Node server like duluca/minimal-node-web-server follow this guide:

First of all you need to be able to run MAMP in port 80. This is a "heat check" if you don't have any process jamming http ports. You can check it like this:

sudo lsof | grep LISTEN

If you do happen to have any process with something like this *:http (LISTEN), you are in trouble. Before with adventure check if it isn't MAMP itself (yeah, you should close that beforehand)

ps <pid of that process>

If you don't see MAMP, you are in good hands, I have just the thing for you:

	# [<tag>] (If applied, this commit will...) <subject> (Max 72 char)
	# \|<---- Preferably using up to 50 chars --->\|<------------------->\|
	# Example:
	# [feat] Implement automated commit messages

	# (Optional) Explain why this change is being made
	# \|<---- Try To Limit Each Line to a Maximum Of 72 Characters ---->\|

	# (Optional) Provide links or keys to any relevant tickets, articles or other resources
	# Example: Github issue #23

	# This simple solution open-classes the controller/model in the main app
	# to add or overwrite methods.
	# A drawback of this solution is that you won't be able to access the original
	# method by using +super+.

	# engine: app/controllers/myengine/my_controller.rb
	# This is the controller in our engine with a index method defined.
	module MyEngine
	class MyController < ApplicationController
	def index

	"repositories": [
	{
	"type": "composer",
	"url": "https://wpackagist.org"
	},
	{
	"type": "package",
	"package": {
	"name": "wp-sync-db/wp-sync-db",
	"type": "wordpress-plugin",

	<?php

	$config = array(

	// This is a authentication source which handles admin authentication.
	'admin' => array(
	// The default is to use core:AdminPassword, but it can be replaced with
	// any authentication source.

	'core:AdminPassword',

	<?php
	/*
	* The configuration of SimpleSAMLphp
	*
	*/

	$config = array(

	/**
	* Setup the following parameters to match the directory of your installation.

	git branch -m old_branch new_branch # Rename branch locally
	git push origin :old_branch # Delete the old branch
	git push --set-upstream origin new_branch # Push the new branch, set local branch to track the new remote

	<?php
	/*
	Plugin Name: AVM Plugin
	Description: Site specific code changes for AVM plugin
	*/

	// Additing Action hook widgets_init
	add_action( 'widgets_init', 'avm_widget');

	function avm_widget() {