Automate Docker Container Management with AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Abstract: Modern software systems require flexible and scalable deployment environments to support growing workloads and complex applications. Containerization has emerged as an efficient solution that allows applications to be packaged with all required dependencies into lightweight containers. Docker is one of the most widely used containerization technologies that enables developers to build portable and consistent application environments. However, managing containers in production requires an automated environment that handles provisioning and load balancing.

This research presents a cloud-based deployment architecture titled "Automated Docker Container Management with AWS Elastic Beanstalk." The system integrates Docker containerization with several Amazon Web Services (AWS) components including AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). Docker is used to build container images, while Amazon ECR stores these images securely. AWS Elastic Beanstalk acts as the orchestration layer, automatically handling the deployment details of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring.

The proposed system demonstrates a streamlined container deployment model that improves application portability and operational efficiency. The results show that leveraging AWS Elastic Beanstalk for Docker management significantly simplifies the transition from local development to cloud-scale production while supporting modern DevOps practices.

Keywords: Docker, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Deployment, Containerization, Automation, PaaS, DevOps.