AWS (ECS with Fargate)

Learn how to deploy Infisical on Amazon Web Services using Elastic Container Service (ECS) with Fargate. This guide covers setting up Infisical in a production-ready AWS environment using Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL) for the database, Amazon ElastiCache (Redis) for caching, and an Application Load Balancer (ALB) for routing traffic.

Prerequisites

An AWS account with permissions to create VPCs, ECS clusters, RDS, ElastiCache, and ALB resources
Basic knowledge of AWS networking (VPC, subnets, security groups) and ECS concepts
AWS CLI installed and configured (optional, for CLI examples)
An Infisical Docker image tag from Docker Hub

Do not use the latest tag in production. Always pin to a specific version to avoid unexpected changes during upgrades.

System Requirements

The following are minimum requirements for running Infisical on AWS ECS:

Component	Minimum	Recommended (Production)
ECS Task vCPU	0.25 vCPU	1 vCPU
ECS Task Memory	512 MB	2 GB
RDS Instance	db.t3.micro	db.t3.small or larger
ElastiCache Node	cache.t3.micro	cache.t3.small or larger

For production deployments with many users or secrets, increase these values accordingly.

Deployment Steps

Set up network infrastructure (VPC, subnets, security groups)

Create an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network for hosting Infisical:VPC and Subnets:

Create a VPC spanning at least two Availability Zones
In each AZ, create one public subnet (for the ALB) and one private subnet (for ECS tasks, RDS, and Redis)
Configure route tables: public subnets route to an Internet Gateway, private subnets route to a NAT Gateway

NAT Gateway:

Deploy a NAT Gateway in a public subnet to allow outbound internet access from private subnets
This is required for pulling container images and sending emails

Security Groups: Create the following security groups:

Security Group	Inbound Rules	Purpose
ALB SG	80, 443 from 0.0.0.0/0	Allow HTTP/HTTPS from internet
ECS Tasks SG	8080 from ALB SG	Allow traffic from ALB only
RDS SG	5432 from ECS Tasks SG	Allow PostgreSQL from ECS
Redis SG	6379 from ECS Tasks SG	Allow Redis from ECS

For additional security, consider placing CloudFront in front of the ALB, using AWS WAF for web application firewall protection, or restricting the ALB security group to specific IP ranges if your users access Infisical from known networks.

Verify: After creating the VPC, confirm you have:

At least 2 public subnets and 2 private subnets across different AZs
A NAT Gateway with an Elastic IP
Security groups with the rules described above

# Verify VPC and subnets
aws ec2 describe-vpcs --filters "Name=tag:Name,Values=*infisical*"
aws ec2 describe-subnets --filters "Name=vpc-id,Values=<vpc-id>"

Provision the database (PostgreSQL) and cache (Redis)

Set up the persistence layers for Infisical:Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL):

Create a PostgreSQL 14+ database instance in the private subnets
Enable Multi-AZ deployment for high availability
Disable public accessibility
Enable automated backups with at least 7-day retention
Use the RDS security group created earlier

aws rds create-db-instance \
  --db-instance-identifier infisical-db \
  --db-instance-class db.t3.small \
  --engine postgres \
  --engine-version 14 \
  --master-username infisical \
  --master-user-password <your-secure-password> \
  --allocated-storage 20 \
  --db-name infisical \
  --vpc-security-group-ids <rds-sg-id> \
  --db-subnet-group-name <db-subnet-group> \
  --multi-az \
  --backup-retention-period 7 \
  --no-publicly-accessible

Amazon ElastiCache (Redis):

Create a Redis replication group in the private subnets
Enable Multi-AZ with automatic failover
Enable encryption in-transit and at-rest
Use the Redis security group created earlier

aws elasticache create-replication-group \
  --replication-group-id infisical-redis \
  --replication-group-description "Redis for Infisical" \
  --engine redis \
  --cache-node-type cache.t3.small \
  --num-cache-clusters 2 \
  --automatic-failover-enabled \
  --multi-az-enabled \
  --at-rest-encryption-enabled \
  --transit-encryption-enabled \
  --security-group-ids <redis-sg-id> \
  --cache-subnet-group-name <cache-subnet-group>

Verify: Wait for both services to become available:

# Check RDS status
aws rds describe-db-instances --db-instance-identifier infisical-db --query 'DBInstances[0].DBInstanceStatus'

# Check ElastiCache status
aws elasticache describe-replication-groups --replication-group-id infisical-redis --query 'ReplicationGroups[0].Status'

Note the connection endpoints:

Database URI: postgresql://infisical:<password>@<rds-endpoint>:5432/infisical
Redis URI: redis://<elasticache-endpoint>:6379

Securely store Infisical secrets and configuration

Generate and store the required secrets using AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store or Secrets Manager:Generate secrets:

# Generate ENCRYPTION_KEY (16-byte hex string)
ENCRYPTION_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 16)
echo "ENCRYPTION_KEY: $ENCRYPTION_KEY"

# Generate AUTH_SECRET (32-byte base64 string)
AUTH_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32)
echo "AUTH_SECRET: $AUTH_SECRET"

Store your ENCRYPTION_KEY securely outside of AWS as well. Without this key, you cannot decrypt your secrets even if you restore the database.

Parameter Store (SSM)
Secrets Manager

# Store secrets in Parameter Store
aws ssm put-parameter --name "/infisical/ENCRYPTION_KEY" --value "$ENCRYPTION_KEY" --type "SecureString"
aws ssm put-parameter --name "/infisical/AUTH_SECRET" --value "$AUTH_SECRET" --type "SecureString"
aws ssm put-parameter --name "/infisical/DB_CONNECTION_URI" --value "postgresql://infisical:<password>@<rds-endpoint>:5432/infisical" --type "SecureString"
aws ssm put-parameter --name "/infisical/REDIS_URL" --value "redis://<elasticache-endpoint>:6379" --type "SecureString"

# Store secrets in Secrets Manager
aws secretsmanager create-secret --name "infisical/ENCRYPTION_KEY" --secret-string "$ENCRYPTION_KEY"
aws secretsmanager create-secret --name "infisical/AUTH_SECRET" --secret-string "$AUTH_SECRET"
aws secretsmanager create-secret --name "infisical/DB_CONNECTION_URI" --secret-string "postgresql://infisical:<password>@<rds-endpoint>:5432/infisical"
aws secretsmanager create-secret --name "infisical/REDIS_URL" --secret-string "redis://<elasticache-endpoint>:6379"

Verify: Confirm secrets are stored:

# For Parameter Store
aws ssm get-parameters --names "/infisical/ENCRYPTION_KEY" "/infisical/AUTH_SECRET" --with-decryption

# For Secrets Manager
aws secretsmanager list-secrets --filters Key=name,Values=infisical

Set up IAM roles for ECS

Create IAM roles with the necessary permissions for ECS tasks:Task Execution Role (for ECS agent operations):Create a file named ecs-task-execution-trust-policy.json:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
    }
  ]
}

Create the role and attach policies:

# Create the execution role
aws iam create-role \
  --role-name InfisicalECSExecutionRole \
  --assume-role-policy-document file://ecs-task-execution-trust-policy.json

# Attach the managed policy
aws iam attach-role-policy \
  --role-name InfisicalECSExecutionRole \
  --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonECSTaskExecutionRolePolicy

Task Role (for application access to AWS services):Create a file named infisical-task-policy.json:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:GetParameter",
        "ssm:GetParameters",
        "ssm:GetParametersByPath"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/infisical/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:*:secret:infisical/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "kms:ViaService": "ssm.*.amazonaws.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

For production environments, scope down the KMS Resource to specific key ARNs used by SSM Parameter Store in your account instead of using "*". You can find your KMS key ARN in the AWS KMS console or by running aws kms list-keys.

Create the task role:

# Create the task role
aws iam create-role \
  --role-name InfisicalTaskRole \
  --assume-role-policy-document file://ecs-task-execution-trust-policy.json

# Create and attach the custom policy
aws iam put-role-policy \
  --role-name InfisicalTaskRole \
  --policy-name InfisicalSecretsAccess \
  --policy-document file://infisical-task-policy.json

Enable ECS Exec (for container debugging):Add the following to the task role policy to enable aws ecs execute-command:

{
  "Effect": "Allow",
  "Action": [
    "ssmmessages:CreateControlChannel",
    "ssmmessages:CreateDataChannel",
    "ssmmessages:OpenControlChannel",
    "ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel"
  ],
  "Resource": "*"
}

Verify: Confirm roles are created:

aws iam get-role --role-name InfisicalECSExecutionRole
aws iam get-role --role-name InfisicalTaskRole

Create the ECS cluster and task definition

Create ECS Cluster:

aws ecs create-cluster \
  --cluster-name infisical-cluster \
  --capacity-providers FARGATE FARGATE_SPOT \
  --default-capacity-provider-strategy capacityProvider=FARGATE,weight=1

Create Task Definition:Create a file named infisical-task-definition.json:

{
  "family": "infisical",
  "networkMode": "awsvpc",
  "requiresCompatibilities": ["FARGATE"],
  "cpu": "1024",
  "memory": "2048",
  "executionRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::<account-id>:role/InfisicalECSExecutionRole",
  "taskRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::<account-id>:role/InfisicalTaskRole",
  "containerDefinitions": [
    {
      "name": "infisical",
      "image": "infisical/infisical:v0.151.0",
      "essential": true,
      "portMappings": [
        {
          "containerPort": 8080,
          "protocol": "tcp"
        }
      ],
      "environment": [
        { "name": "HOST", "value": "0.0.0.0" },
        { "name": "SITE_URL", "value": "https://infisical.example.com" }
      ],
      "secrets": [
        {
          "name": "ENCRYPTION_KEY",
          "valueFrom": "arn:aws:ssm:<region>:<account-id>:parameter/infisical/ENCRYPTION_KEY"
        },
        {
          "name": "AUTH_SECRET",
          "valueFrom": "arn:aws:ssm:<region>:<account-id>:parameter/infisical/AUTH_SECRET"
        },
        {
          "name": "DB_CONNECTION_URI",
          "valueFrom": "arn:aws:ssm:<region>:<account-id>:parameter/infisical/DB_CONNECTION_URI"
        },
        {
          "name": "REDIS_URL",
          "valueFrom": "arn:aws:ssm:<region>:<account-id>:parameter/infisical/REDIS_URL"
        }
      ],
      "logConfiguration": {
        "logDriver": "awslogs",
        "options": {
          "awslogs-group": "/ecs/infisical",
          "awslogs-region": "<region>",
          "awslogs-stream-prefix": "infisical",
          "awslogs-create-group": "true"
        }
      },
      "healthCheck": {
        "command": ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -q --spider http://localhost:8080/api/status || exit 1"],
        "interval": 30,
        "timeout": 5,
        "retries": 3,
        "startPeriod": 60
      }
    }
  ]
}

aws ecs register-task-definition --cli-input-json file://infisical-task-definition.json

Verify: Confirm task definition is registered:

aws ecs describe-task-definition --task-definition infisical

Create the Application Load Balancer

Create ALB:

aws elbv2 create-load-balancer \
  --name infisical-alb \
  --subnets <public-subnet-1> <public-subnet-2> \
  --security-groups <alb-sg-id> \
  --scheme internet-facing \
  --type application

Create Target Group:

aws elbv2 create-target-group \
  --name infisical-tg \
  --protocol HTTP \
  --port 8080 \
  --vpc-id <vpc-id> \
  --target-type ip \
  --health-check-path /api/status \
  --health-check-interval-seconds 30 \
  --healthy-threshold-count 2 \
  --unhealthy-threshold-count 3

Create HTTP Listener:

aws elbv2 create-listener \
  --load-balancer-arn <alb-arn> \
  --protocol HTTP \
  --port 80 \
  --default-actions Type=forward,TargetGroupArn=<target-group-arn>

Verify: Check ALB is active:

aws elbv2 describe-load-balancers --names infisical-alb --query 'LoadBalancers[0].State.Code'

Note the ALB DNS name for accessing Infisical:

aws elbv2 describe-load-balancers --names infisical-alb --query 'LoadBalancers[0].DNSName' --output text

Deploy the ECS service

Create the ECS service with the ALB integration:

aws ecs create-service \
  --cluster infisical-cluster \
  --service-name infisical-service \
  --task-definition infisical \
  --desired-count 2 \
  --launch-type FARGATE \
  --platform-version LATEST \
  --network-configuration "awsvpcConfiguration={subnets=[<private-subnet-1>,<private-subnet-2>],securityGroups=[<ecs-tasks-sg-id>],assignPublicIp=DISABLED}" \
  --load-balancers "targetGroupArn=<target-group-arn>,containerName=infisical,containerPort=8080" \
  --enable-execute-command \
  --deployment-configuration "minimumHealthyPercent=50,maximumPercent=200"

Verify deployment:

# Check service status
aws ecs describe-services --cluster infisical-cluster --services infisical-service --query 'services[0].status'

# Watch task status
aws ecs list-tasks --cluster infisical-cluster --service-name infisical-service
aws ecs describe-tasks --cluster infisical-cluster --tasks <task-arn>

# Check target health
aws elbv2 describe-target-health --target-group-arn <target-group-arn>

Once tasks are running and healthy, access Infisical via the ALB DNS name:

curl http://<alb-dns-name>/api/status

For production, run at least 2 Infisical tasks spread across different Availability Zones for high availability and zero-downtime deployments.

After completing the above steps, your Infisical instance should be running on AWS. Visit http://<alb-dns-name> to access the Infisical web interface and create your admin account. self-hosted sign up

Additional Configuration

Custom Domain with Route 53 and HTTPS

Set up a custom domain with SSL/TLS using AWS Certificate Manager and Route 53:1. Request an SSL Certificate:

aws acm request-certificate \
  --domain-name infisical.example.com \
  --validation-method DNS \
  --region <region>

2. Validate the certificate by adding the CNAME record to your DNS (Route 53 or external DNS).3. Create HTTPS Listener:

aws elbv2 create-listener \
  --load-balancer-arn <alb-arn> \
  --protocol HTTPS \
  --port 443 \
  --ssl-policy ELBSecurityPolicy-TLS13-1-2-2021-06 \
  --certificates CertificateArn=<acm-certificate-arn> \
  --default-actions Type=forward,TargetGroupArn=<target-group-arn>

4. Redirect HTTP to HTTPS:

aws elbv2 modify-listener \
  --listener-arn <http-listener-arn> \
  --default-actions Type=redirect,RedirectConfig="{Protocol=HTTPS,Port=443,StatusCode=HTTP_301}"

5. Create Route 53 Record:

aws route53 change-resource-record-sets \
  --hosted-zone-id <hosted-zone-id> \
  --change-batch '{
    "Changes": [{
      "Action": "CREATE",
      "ResourceRecordSet": {
        "Name": "infisical.example.com",
        "Type": "A",
        "AliasTarget": {
          "HostedZoneId": "<alb-hosted-zone-id>",
          "DNSName": "<alb-dns-name>",
          "EvaluateTargetHealth": true
        }
      }
    }]
  }'

6. Update SITE_URL in your ECS task definition to use https://infisical.example.com.

SMTP/Email Configuration (AWS SES)

Configure AWS SES for sending emails (invitations, password resets, etc.):1. Verify your domain in SES:

aws ses verify-domain-identity --domain example.com

2. Create SMTP credentials:

Go to AWS SES Console > SMTP Settings > Create SMTP Credentials
Note the SMTP username and password

3. Add SMTP environment variables to your ECS task definition:

{
  "environment": [
    { "name": "SMTP_HOST", "value": "email-smtp.<region>.amazonaws.com" },
    { "name": "SMTP_PORT", "value": "587" },
    { "name": "SMTP_SECURE", "value": "false" },
    { "name": "SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS", "value": "noreply@example.com" },
    { "name": "SMTP_FROM_NAME", "value": "Infisical" }
  ],
  "secrets": [
    { "name": "SMTP_USERNAME", "valueFrom": "arn:aws:ssm:<region>:<account-id>:parameter/infisical/SMTP_USERNAME" },
    { "name": "SMTP_PASSWORD", "valueFrom": "arn:aws:ssm:<region>:<account-id>:parameter/infisical/SMTP_PASSWORD" }
  ]
}

4. Request production access if you’re in the SES sandbox (limited to verified emails only).

SMTP Provider	Host	Port
AWS SES	email-smtp..amazonaws.com	587
SendGrid	smtp.sendgrid.net	587
Mailgun	smtp.mailgun.org	587

VPC Endpoints for ECR (Air-Gapped Environments)

For environments without internet access, configure VPC endpoints to pull container images from ECR:Create VPC Endpoints:

# ECR API endpoint
aws ec2 create-vpc-endpoint \
  --vpc-id <vpc-id> \
  --service-name com.amazonaws.<region>.ecr.api \
  --vpc-endpoint-type Interface \
  --subnet-ids <private-subnet-1> <private-subnet-2> \
  --security-group-ids <vpc-endpoint-sg>

# ECR Docker endpoint
aws ec2 create-vpc-endpoint \
  --vpc-id <vpc-id> \
  --service-name com.amazonaws.<region>.ecr.dkr \
  --vpc-endpoint-type Interface \
  --subnet-ids <private-subnet-1> <private-subnet-2> \
  --security-group-ids <vpc-endpoint-sg>

# S3 Gateway endpoint (for ECR image layers)
aws ec2 create-vpc-endpoint \
  --vpc-id <vpc-id> \
  --service-name com.amazonaws.<region>.s3 \
  --vpc-endpoint-type Gateway \
  --route-table-ids <private-route-table-id>

# CloudWatch Logs endpoint
aws ec2 create-vpc-endpoint \
  --vpc-id <vpc-id> \
  --service-name com.amazonaws.<region>.logs \
  --vpc-endpoint-type Interface \
  --subnet-ids <private-subnet-1> <private-subnet-2> \
  --security-group-ids <vpc-endpoint-sg>

Push Infisical image to ECR:

# Create ECR repository
aws ecr create-repository --repository-name infisical

# Login to ECR
aws ecr get-login-password --region <region> | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin <account-id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com

# Pull and push image
docker pull infisical/infisical:v0.151.0
docker tag infisical/infisical:v0.151.0 <account-id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com/infisical:v0.151.0
docker push <account-id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com/infisical:v0.151.0

Update your task definition to use the ECR image URL.

Database Migrations

Infisical automatically runs database migrations on startup. For manual migration handling:Check migration status:

# Exec into a running container
aws ecs execute-command \
  --cluster infisical-cluster \
  --task <task-id> \
  --container infisical \
  --interactive \
  --command "/bin/sh"

# Inside the container, check migration status
npm run migration:status

Run migrations manually:

# Inside the container
npm run migration:latest

Rollback migrations:

# Inside the container
npm run migration:rollback

Always back up your database before running migrations manually. Take an RDS snapshot before any upgrade.

Container Debugging (ECS Exec)

Use ECS Exec to troubleshoot running containers:Prerequisites:

ECS service must have --enable-execute-command flag
Task role must have SSM permissions (included in IAM setup above)
AWS CLI Session Manager plugin installed locally

Install Session Manager plugin:

# macOS
brew install session-manager-plugin

# Linux
curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/session-manager-downloads/plugin/latest/ubuntu_64bit/session-manager-plugin.deb" -o "session-manager-plugin.deb"
sudo dpkg -i session-manager-plugin.deb

Exec into a container:

# Get task ID
TASK_ID=$(aws ecs list-tasks --cluster infisical-cluster --service-name infisical-service --query 'taskArns[0]' --output text | cut -d'/' -f3)

# Start interactive session
aws ecs execute-command \
  --cluster infisical-cluster \
  --task $TASK_ID \
  --container infisical \
  --interactive \
  --command "/bin/sh"

Common debugging commands:

# Check environment variables
env | grep -E "DB_|REDIS_|SITE_"

# Test database connectivity
nc -zv <rds-endpoint> 5432

# Test Redis connectivity
nc -zv <elasticache-endpoint> 6379

# Check application logs
cat /app/logs/*.log

Backup Strategy

Database Backups:

RDS automated backups are enabled by default (7-day retention recommended)
Take manual snapshots before upgrades:

aws rds create-db-snapshot \
  --db-instance-identifier infisical-db \
  --db-snapshot-identifier infisical-pre-upgrade-$(date +%Y%m%d)

Export to S3 (for cross-region DR):

aws rds start-export-task \
  --export-task-identifier infisical-export-$(date +%Y%m%d) \
  --source-arn arn:aws:rds:<region>:<account-id>:snapshot:infisical-snapshot \
  --s3-bucket-name infisical-backups \
  --iam-role-arn arn:aws:iam::<account-id>:role/RDSExportRole \
  --kms-key-id <kms-key-id>

Encryption Key Backup: Store your ENCRYPTION_KEY in multiple secure locations:

AWS Secrets Manager (already done)
Offline secure storage (e.g., hardware security module, safe deposit box)
Secondary AWS region

Without the ENCRYPTION_KEY, encrypted secrets cannot be recovered even with a database restore.

Upgrade Instructions

1. Back up the database:

aws rds create-db-snapshot \
  --db-instance-identifier infisical-db \
  --db-snapshot-identifier infisical-pre-upgrade-$(date +%Y%m%d)

2. Update the task definition with the new image tag:

# Edit infisical-task-definition.json with new version
# Then register the new revision
aws ecs register-task-definition --cli-input-json file://infisical-task-definition.json

3. Update the service:

aws ecs update-service \
  --cluster infisical-cluster \
  --service infisical-service \
  --task-definition infisical:<new-revision>

4. Monitor the deployment:

aws ecs describe-services --cluster infisical-cluster --services infisical-service --query 'services[0].deployments'

5. Verify health:

curl https://infisical.example.com/api/status

Rollback if needed:

aws ecs update-service \
  --cluster infisical-cluster \
  --service infisical-service \
  --task-definition infisical:<previous-revision>

Monitoring and Alerting

CloudWatch Logs:

Logs are automatically sent to /ecs/infisical log group
Set retention policy:

aws logs put-retention-policy --log-group-name /ecs/infisical --retention-in-days 30

CloudWatch Alarms:

# High CPU alarm
aws cloudwatch put-metric-alarm \
  --alarm-name infisical-high-cpu \
  --metric-name CPUUtilization \
  --namespace AWS/ECS \
  --statistic Average \
  --period 300 \
  --threshold 80 \
  --comparison-operator GreaterThanThreshold \
  --dimensions Name=ClusterName,Value=infisical-cluster Name=ServiceName,Value=infisical-service \
  --evaluation-periods 2 \
  --alarm-actions <sns-topic-arn>

# Unhealthy target alarm
aws cloudwatch put-metric-alarm \
  --alarm-name infisical-unhealthy-targets \
  --metric-name UnHealthyHostCount \
  --namespace AWS/ApplicationELB \
  --statistic Average \
  --period 60 \
  --threshold 1 \
  --comparison-operator GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold \
  --dimensions Name=TargetGroup,Value=<target-group-arn-suffix> Name=LoadBalancer,Value=<alb-arn-suffix> \
  --evaluation-periods 2 \
  --alarm-actions <sns-topic-arn>

Enable Container Insights:

aws ecs update-cluster-settings \
  --cluster infisical-cluster \
  --settings name=containerInsights,value=enabled

Auto Scaling

Configure ECS Service Auto Scaling to handle load changes:Register scalable target:

aws application-autoscaling register-scalable-target \
  --service-namespace ecs \
  --scalable-dimension ecs:service:DesiredCount \
  --resource-id service/infisical-cluster/infisical-service \
  --min-capacity 2 \
  --max-capacity 10

Create scaling policy (target tracking):

aws application-autoscaling put-scaling-policy \
  --service-namespace ecs \
  --scalable-dimension ecs:service:DesiredCount \
  --resource-id service/infisical-cluster/infisical-service \
  --policy-name infisical-cpu-scaling \
  --policy-type TargetTrackingScaling \
  --target-tracking-scaling-policy-configuration '{
    "TargetValue": 70.0,
    "PredefinedMetricSpecification": {
      "PredefinedMetricType": "ECSServiceAverageCPUUtilization"
    },
    "ScaleOutCooldown": 60,
    "ScaleInCooldown": 120
  }'

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform Example

A basic Terraform configuration for deploying Infisical on AWS:

# main.tf
terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 5.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "aws" {
  region = var.aws_region
}

# Variables
variable "aws_region" {
  default = "us-east-1"
}

variable "environment" {
  default = "production"
}

# VPC
module "vpc" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
  version = "~> 5.0"

  name = "infisical-vpc"
  cidr = "10.0.0.0/16"

  azs             = ["${var.aws_region}a", "${var.aws_region}b"]
  private_subnets = ["10.0.1.0/24", "10.0.2.0/24"]
  public_subnets  = ["10.0.101.0/24", "10.0.102.0/24"]

  enable_nat_gateway = true
  single_nat_gateway = var.environment != "production"
}

# Security Groups
resource "aws_security_group" "alb" {
  name_prefix = "infisical-alb-"
  vpc_id      = module.vpc.vpc_id

  ingress {
    from_port   = 80
    to_port     = 80
    protocol    = "tcp"
    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
  }

  ingress {
    from_port   = 443
    to_port     = 443
    protocol    = "tcp"
    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
  }

  egress {
    from_port   = 0
    to_port     = 0
    protocol    = "-1"
    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
  }
}

resource "aws_security_group" "ecs_tasks" {
  name_prefix = "infisical-ecs-"
  vpc_id      = module.vpc.vpc_id

  ingress {
    from_port       = 8080
    to_port         = 8080
    protocol        = "tcp"
    security_groups = [aws_security_group.alb.id]
  }

  egress {
    from_port   = 0
    to_port     = 0
    protocol    = "-1"
    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
  }
}

# RDS PostgreSQL
module "rds" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/rds/aws"
  version = "~> 6.0"

  identifier = "infisical-db"

  engine               = "postgres"
  engine_version       = "14"
  family               = "postgres14"
  major_engine_version = "14"
  instance_class       = "db.t3.small"

  allocated_storage = 20
  db_name           = "infisical"
  username          = "infisical"
  port              = 5432

  multi_az               = var.environment == "production"
  db_subnet_group_name   = module.vpc.database_subnet_group_name
  vpc_security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.rds.id]

  backup_retention_period = 7
  deletion_protection     = var.environment == "production"
}

# ElastiCache Redis
resource "aws_elasticache_replication_group" "redis" {
  replication_group_id = "infisical-redis"
  description          = "Redis for Infisical"

  node_type            = "cache.t3.small"
  num_cache_clusters   = var.environment == "production" ? 2 : 1
  parameter_group_name = "default.redis7"
  port                 = 6379

  automatic_failover_enabled = var.environment == "production"
  multi_az_enabled           = var.environment == "production"

  subnet_group_name  = aws_elasticache_subnet_group.redis.name
  security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.redis.id]

  at_rest_encryption_enabled = true
  transit_encryption_enabled = true
}

# ECS Cluster
resource "aws_ecs_cluster" "infisical" {
  name = "infisical-cluster"

  setting {
    name  = "containerInsights"
    value = "enabled"
  }
}

# ECS Service (simplified - full implementation requires task definition, ALB, etc.)
# Expand this example with ECS task definitions, services, ALB, and target groups

This is a simplified example to get you started. For a complete deployment, you’ll need to add ECS task definitions, services, ALB configuration, and target groups. Consider using community Terraform modules for ECS or adapting this example to your infrastructure standards.

CloudFormation Example

A CloudFormation template for deploying Infisical on AWS:

# infisical-cloudformation.yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: 'Infisical on AWS ECS Fargate'

Parameters:
  Environment:
    Type: String
    Default: production
    AllowedValues: [development, staging, production]
  
  InfisicalVersion:
    Type: String
    Default: v0.151.0
  
  DomainName:
    Type: String
    Description: Domain name for Infisical (e.g., infisical.example.com)

Conditions:
  IsProduction: !Equals [!Ref Environment, production]

Resources:
  # VPC
  VPC:
    Type: AWS::EC2::VPC
    Properties:
      CidrBlock: 10.0.0.0/16
      EnableDnsHostnames: true
      EnableDnsSupport: true
      Tags:
        - Key: Name
          Value: !Sub infisical-vpc-${Environment}

  # Public Subnets
  PublicSubnet1:
    Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet
    Properties:
      VpcId: !Ref VPC
      AvailabilityZone: !Select [0, !GetAZs '']
      CidrBlock: 10.0.1.0/24
      MapPublicIpOnLaunch: true

  PublicSubnet2:
    Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet
    Properties:
      VpcId: !Ref VPC
      AvailabilityZone: !Select [1, !GetAZs '']
      CidrBlock: 10.0.2.0/24
      MapPublicIpOnLaunch: true

  # Private Subnets
  PrivateSubnet1:
    Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet
    Properties:
      VpcId: !Ref VPC
      AvailabilityZone: !Select [0, !GetAZs '']
      CidrBlock: 10.0.10.0/24

  PrivateSubnet2:
    Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet
    Properties:
      VpcId: !Ref VPC
      AvailabilityZone: !Select [1, !GetAZs '']
      CidrBlock: 10.0.11.0/24

  # Internet Gateway
  InternetGateway:
    Type: AWS::EC2::InternetGateway

  AttachGateway:
    Type: AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment
    Properties:
      VpcId: !Ref VPC
      InternetGatewayId: !Ref InternetGateway

  # NAT Gateway
  NATGatewayEIP:
    Type: AWS::EC2::EIP
    DependsOn: AttachGateway

  NATGateway:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NatGateway
    Properties:
      AllocationId: !GetAtt NATGatewayEIP.AllocationId
      SubnetId: !Ref PublicSubnet1

  # ECS Cluster
  ECSCluster:
    Type: AWS::ECS::Cluster
    Properties:
      ClusterName: !Sub infisical-cluster-${Environment}
      ClusterSettings:
        - Name: containerInsights
          Value: enabled

  # ECS Task Definition
  TaskDefinition:
    Type: AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition
    Properties:
      Family: infisical
      NetworkMode: awsvpc
      RequiresCompatibilities: [FARGATE]
      Cpu: '1024'
      Memory: '2048'
      ExecutionRoleArn: !GetAtt ECSExecutionRole.Arn
      TaskRoleArn: !GetAtt ECSTaskRole.Arn
      ContainerDefinitions:
        - Name: infisical
          Image: !Sub infisical/infisical:${InfisicalVersion}
          Essential: true
          PortMappings:
            - ContainerPort: 8080
              Protocol: tcp
          Environment:
            - Name: HOST
              Value: '0.0.0.0'
            - Name: SITE_URL
              Value: !Sub https://${DomainName}
          Secrets:
            - Name: ENCRYPTION_KEY
              ValueFrom: !Sub arn:aws:ssm:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:parameter/infisical/ENCRYPTION_KEY
            - Name: AUTH_SECRET
              ValueFrom: !Sub arn:aws:ssm:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:parameter/infisical/AUTH_SECRET
            - Name: DB_CONNECTION_URI
              ValueFrom: !Sub arn:aws:ssm:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:parameter/infisical/DB_CONNECTION_URI
            - Name: REDIS_URL
              ValueFrom: !Sub arn:aws:ssm:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:parameter/infisical/REDIS_URL
          LogConfiguration:
            LogDriver: awslogs
            Options:
              awslogs-group: !Ref LogGroup
              awslogs-region: !Ref AWS::Region
              awslogs-stream-prefix: infisical
          HealthCheck:
            Command: ['CMD-SHELL', 'wget -q --spider http://localhost:8080/api/status || exit 1']
            Interval: 30
            Timeout: 5
            Retries: 3
            StartPeriod: 60

  # ECS Service
  ECSService:
    Type: AWS::ECS::Service
    DependsOn: ALBListener
    Properties:
      ServiceName: infisical-service
      Cluster: !Ref ECSCluster
      TaskDefinition: !Ref TaskDefinition
      DesiredCount: !If [IsProduction, 2, 1]
      LaunchType: FARGATE
      EnableExecuteCommand: true
      NetworkConfiguration:
        AwsvpcConfiguration:
          AssignPublicIp: DISABLED
          Subnets:
            - !Ref PrivateSubnet1
            - !Ref PrivateSubnet2
          SecurityGroups:
            - !Ref ECSSecurityGroup
      LoadBalancers:
        - ContainerName: infisical
          ContainerPort: 8080
          TargetGroupArn: !Ref TargetGroup

  # Application Load Balancer
  ALB:
    Type: AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer
    Properties:
      Name: !Sub infisical-alb-${Environment}
      Scheme: internet-facing
      Type: application
      Subnets:
        - !Ref PublicSubnet1
        - !Ref PublicSubnet2
      SecurityGroups:
        - !Ref ALBSecurityGroup

  # CloudWatch Log Group
  LogGroup:
    Type: AWS::Logs::LogGroup
    Properties:
      LogGroupName: !Sub /ecs/infisical-${Environment}
      RetentionInDays: 30

Outputs:
  ALBDNSName:
    Description: ALB DNS Name
    Value: !GetAtt ALB.DNSName
  
  ECSClusterName:
    Description: ECS Cluster Name
    Value: !Ref ECSCluster

Deploy the stack:

aws cloudformation create-stack \
  --stack-name infisical-stack \
  --template-body file://infisical-cloudformation.yaml \
  --parameters ParameterKey=DomainName,ParameterValue=infisical.example.com \
  --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM

Troubleshooting

ECS tasks fail to start

Check task status and stopped reason:

aws ecs describe-tasks --cluster infisical-cluster --tasks <task-arn> --query 'tasks[0].stoppedReason'

View CloudWatch logs:

aws logs tail /ecs/infisical --follow

Common causes:

Secrets not found: Verify SSM parameters exist and task role has permissions
Image pull failed: Check ECR permissions or Docker Hub rate limits
Insufficient resources: Increase task CPU/memory or check Fargate capacity
Network issues: Verify NAT Gateway is working and security groups allow egress

Database connection errors

Test connectivity from ECS task:

# Exec into container
aws ecs execute-command --cluster infisical-cluster --task <task-id> --container infisical --interactive --command "/bin/sh"

# Test database connection
nc -zv <rds-endpoint> 5432

Check security groups:

RDS security group must allow inbound 5432 from ECS tasks security group
ECS tasks security group must allow outbound to RDS

Verify connection string:

aws ssm get-parameter --name /infisical/DB_CONNECTION_URI --with-decryption

ALB health checks failing

Check target health:

aws elbv2 describe-target-health --target-group-arn <target-group-arn>

Verify health check endpoint:

# From inside the container
curl http://localhost:8080/api/status

Common causes:

Health check path is wrong (should be /api/status)
Security group doesn’t allow ALB to reach ECS tasks on port 8080
Application is crashing on startup (check logs)
Health check timeout is too short (increase to 10 seconds)

Cannot access Infisical in browser

Check ALB is accessible:

curl -v http://<alb-dns-name>/api/status

Verify DNS resolution:

nslookup infisical.example.com

Check ALB security group:

Must allow inbound 80/443 from 0.0.0.0/0

Check SITE_URL:

Must match the URL you’re accessing (including protocol)

Emails not sending

Check SES sending status:

aws ses get-send-quota

Verify SMTP credentials:

Ensure SMTP username/password are correct
Check if you’re still in SES sandbox (can only send to verified emails)

Test SMTP connectivity:

# From inside container
nc -zv email-smtp.<region>.amazonaws.com 587

Check application logs for email errors:

aws logs filter-log-events --log-group-name /ecs/infisical --filter-pattern "smtp OR email OR mail"

Performance issues

Check ECS task metrics:

aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics \
  --namespace AWS/ECS \
  --metric-name CPUUtilization \
  --dimensions Name=ClusterName,Value=infisical-cluster Name=ServiceName,Value=infisical-service \
  --start-time $(date -u -d '1 hour ago' +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) \
  --end-time $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) \
  --period 300 \
  --statistics Average

Check RDS metrics:

aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics \
  --namespace AWS/RDS \
  --metric-name CPUUtilization \
  --dimensions Name=DBInstanceIdentifier,Value=infisical-db \
  --start-time $(date -u -d '1 hour ago' +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) \
  --end-time $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) \
  --period 300 \
  --statistics Average

Solutions:

Scale ECS tasks horizontally (increase desired count)
Scale RDS vertically (larger instance class)
Enable RDS Performance Insights for query analysis
Consider connection pooling (PgBouncer)

ECS Exec not working

Verify prerequisites:

# Check service has execute-command enabled
aws ecs describe-services --cluster infisical-cluster --services infisical-service --query 'services[0].enableExecuteCommand'

# Check task role has SSM permissions
aws iam get-role-policy --role-name InfisicalTaskRole --policy-name InfisicalSecretsAccess

Check managed agent status:

aws ecs describe-tasks --cluster infisical-cluster --tasks <task-arn> --query 'tasks[0].containers[0].managedAgents'

Common fixes:

Ensure Session Manager plugin is installed locally
Verify VPC has route to SSM endpoints (via NAT or VPC endpoint)
Redeploy service after enabling execute-command

Getting Started

Platform Reference

Connectivity

Authentication Methods

Self-host Infisical

Internals

Contributing

AWS (ECS with Fargate)

Prerequisites

System Requirements

Deployment Steps

Additional Configuration

Infrastructure as Code

Troubleshooting

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