# aws-samples/ecs-refarch-cloudformation

A reference architecture for deploying containerized microservices with Amazon ECS and AWS CloudFormation (YAML)

Repository: https://github.com/aws-samples/ecs-refarch-cloudformation
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ecs-refarch-cloudformation
Language: Makefile
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-07-28T11:31:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3647, "days_push": 1132, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1697, forks 1293 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:24.000943+00:00)

## What it is
A reference architecture from AWS providing CloudFormation YAML templates for deploying containerized microservices on Amazon ECS with an Application Load Balancer. It serves as a launchable stack template and example for infrastructure-as-code deployments.

## Use cases
- deploy microservices on ecs with cloudformation
- reference architecture for containerized apps on aws
- launch ecs cluster with application load balancer via yaml templates
- learn cloudformation for ecs deployments
- bootstrap production ecs stack in my aws account

## When to choose
- you want a battle-tested AWS sample for ECS + ALB infrastructure
- you prefer CloudFormation over other IaC tools
- you need a quick launchable stack template for microservices on ECS

## When to avoid
- you use Kubernetes or another orchestrator instead of ECS
- you prefer Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK
- you need actively maintained templates with the latest ECS features

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: maintenance
- function: infrastructure-as-code, deployment, microservices, container-orchestration
- domain: cloud-computing, microservices, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: cloud
- tags: aws-ecs, cloudformation, reference-architecture, load-balancer, yaml-templates, devops, containers, docker

## Member repositories
- aws-samples/ecs-refarch-cloudformation (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.000943+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:37:50.701138+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aws-samples/ecs-refarch-cloudformation (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.000943+00:00, sha 12783b21f968)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.