ETL stands for Extract, Transform, and Load. An ETL pipeline is essentially just a data transformation process — extracting data from one place, doing something with it, and then loading it back to…

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Learn how to deploy long-running ETL pipelines to AWS ECS with Fargate. Use containers to process data without hitting the timeout threshold of AWS Lambda. Follow a step-by-step tutorial to set up your own ETL pipeline using BigQuery for data extraction and loading. Compare the cost of running a container versus using AWS Glue. Get started in just 20 minutes!

Deploy Long-Running ETL Pipelines to ECS with Fargate