Troubleshoot ECS Performance Issues with AWS X-Ray πŸš€πŸ”§

Shahin HemmatiShahin Hemmati
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Is your app feeling sluggish? πŸ“‰

A company recently faced this issue with their microservices on Amazon ECS behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). Certain user requests were dragging down performance. 😟

Time to dig deeper!

The Solution: AWS X-Ray πŸ”

Here's the fix:

1️⃣ Create a Docker image running the 𝐀𝐖𝐒 𝐗-π‘πšπ² 𝐝𝐚𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧.

2️⃣ Run it alongside your microservices in ECS.

3️⃣ Use the X-Ray console to analyze request behavior and pinpoint performance bottlenecks. 🎯

X-Ray’s distributed tracing helps you uncover hidden issues and optimize your app across services. ✨

πŸ‘‰ Learn more about running the X-Ray daemon on Amazon ECS:

Running the X-Ray daemon on Amazon ECS - AWS X-Ray

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Shahin Hemmati
Shahin Hemmati

I'm a curious Geek with an insatiable thirst to learn new technologies and enjoy the process every day. I aim to deliver high-quality services with the highest standards and cutting-edge DevOps technologies to make people's lives easier.