A foundation you can edit.
Terraform for the network, load balancer, ECS service, ECR image repository and supporting resources. Generate provisioning permissions for your own account and project.
INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE & AUTOMATION
A clearer path
from container
to release.
Practical DevOps kits that bring infrastructure, deployment and day-to-day operations into one editable workflow.
Explore the DevOps Release KitSource included. Your AWS account. Your control.
MGCJTHE RELEASE WORKFLOW
01
Define the foundation.
Terraform infrastructure
and reusable IAM templates
02
Ship the application.
GitHub Actions, OIDC
and image release scripts
03
Know the next step.
Health checks, logs,
rollback and cleanup guides
DOCKER → AWS ECS FARGATEEDITABLE SOURCE
Built around tools you can inspect.TerraformGitHub ActionsDockerAWS ECS
OUR FIRST PRODUCT
DevOps Release Kit
A documented starting point for one stateless Docker application on Amazon ECS Fargate.
A repeatable deployment path.
GitHub Actions workflows use short-lived AWS credentials through OIDC. Release scripts pin the image digest and check the requested task-definition rollout.
Guidance after the first deploy.
Inspect releases, read logs and restore a known working task definition. Includes CloudWatch monitoring, a budget notification and documented cleanup commands.
Learn with the sample app.
Editable source, a small Docker app, tool installers, local checks and step-by-step setup and operations guides are included in the download.
START WITH THE RIGHT FIT
Small scope.
Clear requirements.
For developers who can already run a container locally and are comfortable with a terminal, GitHub and an AWS account.
- Workstation
- Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 or 26.04. The setup guide covers Windows with WSL2 and Docker Desktop.
- Application
- One stateless Linux/amd64 container, port 8080, and a
/healthendpoint returning HTTP 200. Runs as UID 10001 with a read-only root filesystem. - AWS regions
us-east-1,us-east-2orus-west-2in a standard commercial AWS account.- Architecture
- One task by default, public subnets and no NAT gateway. This starter does not include a high-availability design, databases or migrations.
- HTTPS
- The sample endpoint starts with HTTP. HTTPS configuration uses your domain and an existing public Route 53 hosted zone before handling real users or sensitive content.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE TOOLS
Built by an operator.
Made to be understood.
MGCJ Labs is an independent software brand by Christopher Jones, drawing on a background in DevOps for state lotteries.
Christopher is AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (SOA-C03). The focus at MGCJ Labs is practical automation with editable source and documented steps.
Christopher's GitHub profilePURCHASE INFORMATION
Know what you're buying.
What will be delivered?
An editable source ZIP containing the infrastructure templates, workflows, scripts, sample app and guides. Return to your private order link, or the download page in the browser used for purchase, to download again. This is a downloadable software product. Hosting and operation of your AWS environment are your responsibility.
How does purchasing work?
The kit is $149 USD, one time. Checkout uses Stripe. A protected download page opens after payment confirmation. Read the license, refund and written-support terms before buying.
Are AWS charges included?
No. AWS resource usage, domain registration and third-party paid services are separate. A budget notification is an alert, not a spending cap. Scaling a service to zero does not delete the load balancer or every other billable resource.
What does rollback restore?
An application task definition. It cannot undo database migrations or other external effects. The first deployment has no previous working application revision to restore.
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