What does AWS Fargate allow users to do?

AWS Fargate is a serverless computing engine designed for containers, enabling users to run their containerized applications without the need to provision or manage the underlying server infrastructure. This functionality significantly simplifies the deployment process, as users can focus solely on developing and managing their applications rather than worrying about the intricacies of server management, such as scaling, patching, and maintaining the servers.

With Fargate, users simply define the application requirements—such as CPU and memory needs—and Fargate automatically manages the provisioning and scaling of the necessary compute resources. This allows for greater flexibility and can lead to cost savings since you only pay for the resources your containers use while they are running. The ability to run containers without managing servers aligns closely with modern cloud practices, emphasizing automation and efficiency in deployment workflows.