AWS Fargate run docker inside under docker

Question

I need to run docker inside a docker because I am using Fargate as build pipeline to build AWS Sam build.

Answer 1

Similar questions have been asked here before, such as Run docker inside of docker on AWS Fargate

As stated, accessing the Docker daemon is not currently supported as it violates the principle of isolation and has implications on security. Please read here for more information about this. Additionally it should be noted that the issue of building containers on Fargate was already raised and closed.

At present, a work around is possible using Kaniko . An example can be found here .

An alternative for a build pipeline could use AWS Code Build .