AWS ECS
While we previously recommended AWS ECS Fargate as our primary hosting option for Sombra, we now recommend Kubernetes/Helm-based deployments for their cloud-agnostic support and enhanced capabilities. AWS Fargate does not support GPU nodes, making it unsuitable for deployments requiring the LLM Classifier.
That said, the ECS deployment option remains supported for environments where Kubernetes isn't available or practical. Be aware that our future infrastructure-as-code updates will prioritize the Helm chart implementation.
Contact Transcend Support and provide your AWS Account ID. Our team will add this account to the allowlist for accessing the Sombra and LLM Classifier images.
You must complete this step before proceeding with the deployment.
Follow Step 2 of our Quickstart Guide to register a new Sombra cluster in the Transcend Admin Dashboard.
Use the example Terraform configuration in the module's example folder. Note that you may already have an existing VPC where you want to deploy Sombra, in which case you can omit the VPC module.
For a complete list of customizable fields, refer to the module's variables file.
Follow Step 4 of our Quickstart Guide to test your Sombra connection.
When using ECS for Sombra deployments, be aware of these limitations:
- No support for GPU-based workloads, such as the LLM Classifier
- Less flexibility for scaling and resource management
- AWS-specific deployment, making migration to other cloud providers more difficult