How does Infrastructure as Code compare to ECS?

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a process of managing and provisioning computer data centers through machine-readable definition files, rather than physical hardware configuration or interactive configuration tools. In contrast, Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) is a highly scalable, high-performance container orchestration service that supports Docker containers and allows you to easily run applications on a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances. While they are both methods of managing infrastructure, IaC provides a broader framework for configuration management beyond just container orchestration.
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// Example of Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation for ECS { "Resources": { "MyEcsCluster": { "Type": "AWS::ECS::Cluster", "Properties": { "ClusterName": "MyEcsCluster" } }, "MyEcsService": { "Type": "AWS::ECS::Service", "Properties": { "Cluster": { "Ref": "MyEcsCluster" }, "DesiredCount": 1, "TaskDefinition": { "Ref": "MyTaskDefinition" }, "LaunchType": "FARGATE" } }, "MyTaskDefinition": { "Type": "AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition", "Properties": { "ContainerDefinitions": [ { "Name": "MyApp", "Image": "myapp/image:latest", "Memory": 512, "Cpu": 256 } ] } } } }

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