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Deploy to AWS

Deploy FastReact on Amazon Web Services using managed container, database, and CDN services.

What You'll Use

  • ECS Fargate - Serverless container deployment for FastAPI backend
  • RDS PostgreSQL - Managed relational database
  • S3 + CloudFront - Static site hosting for React frontend
  • ECR - Elastic Container Registry for Docker images

Cost Estimate

For a small production app: - ECS Fargate (0.25 vCPU, 0.5GB): ~$10-15/month - RDS PostgreSQL (db.t3.micro): ~$15-25/month - S3 + CloudFront: ~$1-5/month - ECR: ~$1/month

Total: ~$27-46/month

Why AWS?

  • Industry standard - Most widely used cloud platform
  • Comprehensive services - Everything you need in one ecosystem
  • High reliability - 99.99% SLA on most services
  • Global scale - Regions worldwide
  • Enterprise-ready - Compliance, security, and governance built-in

Deployment Guide

Coming soon! This guide is under development.

In the meantime, AWS has excellent documentation: - ECS Fargate Getting Started - RDS PostgreSQL - Host Static Website on S3

Architecture Overview

Route 53 (DNS)
  ↓
CloudFront (CDN)
  ↓
S3 (Frontend static files) + ALB → ECS Fargate (Backend) → RDS PostgreSQL

Key Features

  • Auto-scaling containers
  • Multi-AZ database availability
  • Global CDN with CloudFront
  • IAM role-based security
  • VPC network isolation
  • AWS Secrets Manager integration

Want to contribute this guide? Open a PR with your deployment experience!