Independent docker image to create a task in ECS

Problem to solve

Our AWS image embed the scripts related to deployment to ECS. This should be two separate images: we should have one bare (base) image with only awscli in it, and another one that builds on the bare image and adds up ecs scripts.

Also, since images in cloud-deploy should be provider specific, these images should tagged aws-cloud-deploy instead of cloud-deploy, at build time.

Intended users

• Sasha (Software Developer)
• Devon (DevOps Engineer)

Proposal

We need to rename the existing image and splitting it into two images. Here's a proposal, based on the project structure, including the name of the images after they're pushed to the GitLab repository:

aws
  |
  |-base
  |   |-Dockerfile -> registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/aws-base:latest
  |
  |-ecs
  |   |-Dockerfile -> registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/aws-ecs:latest
  |

cc @ogolowinski

Documentation

The "AWS" section of the "Cloud deployment" page will need to be updated.

Availability & Testing

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

What is the type of buyer?

Links / references