# Deploying Temporal Workers to Amazon ECS

DevFeed: [Deploying Temporal Workers to Amazon ECS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/deploying-temporal-workers-to-amazon-ecs-35767.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/deploying-temporal-workers-to-amazon-ecs>)

Author: Ebenezer Ankrah

Published: 2026-04-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Amazon Elastic Container Service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-elastic-container-service.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [AWS IAM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-iam.md>), [Dockerfile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dockerfile.md>), [container](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container.md>), [health checks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/health-checks.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>)

Tags: [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-image.md>), [ecs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecs.md>), [environment-variables](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environment-variables.md>), [health-checks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/health-checks.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iam.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to deploying Temporal Workers on Amazon ECS with Fargate. It explains container configuration, health checks, graceful shutdown, task definitions, IAM roles, secret injection through SSM Parameter Store, and outbound connectivity requirements.

## Source excerpt

A comprehensive guide to deploying Temporal Workers on Amazon ECS with Fargate. Covers container config, IAM roles, scaling, and cost-saving with Fargate Spot.