Deploying docker to AWS without load balancing

Question

I create software solutions for customers and I usually deploy 2 environments for each customer: QA and production. I am using ECS to deploy containers and cloudfront to deploy static websites.

Some of my customers dont require the scalability and overhead of ECS. I also dont require it for the QA environments. The end result is that for a solution with 2 ECS clusters I pay x5 then my actual usage (35$ for load balancer usage, extras for fargate instances etc)

Is there a way I can simply deploy a container into a single instance without scalability and without load balancing so my monthly bill will simply include the 10$ (t2.nano) I pay for running EC2 instance?

Answer 1

Yes, simply deploy your ECS service on an EC2 instance (EC2 launch type) without configuring a load balancer or auto scaling. It's not like you have to do something to not get these features. You have to do something to use these features, so simply don't configure them. In order to get domain name access to your service, you could then use a simple Route 53 A record to your EC2 instance or use AWS Cloud Map.