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AWS Microservices Architecture with ECS and ALB

Type Network topologyStandard Cisco-convention topology iconsEngine schematex-networkUpdated 7/3/2026
AWS Microservices Architecture with ECS and ALB
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The request

“Create an AWS microservices architecture with Internet connected to an Application Load Balancer, three ECS services and one RDS database, with HTTPS, HTTP and MySQL connections.”

Then tryAdd a fourth ECS service connected to the database.Change the database connection to PostgreSQL.
What is in this drawing

Read the decisions behind it.

01

Chose tiered layout to clearly separate Internet (edge), ALB (distribution), ECS services (access), and database (core)

02

Represented each ECS service as a dedicated server node for simplicity

03

Used annotated links with protocol and port to highlight communication paths

When documenting a three-tier AWS architecture with load-balanced microservices on ECS and a relational database backend.

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