What is A2C?

A CLI tool that automatically migrates existing Java and .NET web apps into Docker containers — without changing any code.

Use case: You have an old app running on-premises (bare metal, VM) or another cloud and want to move it to AWS as a container. A2C does the heavy lifting.

Discover & Analyze
— scan the app, create inventory, analyze runtime dependencies
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Extract & Containerize
— extract the app with all dependencies, create a Docker image
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Create Deployment Artifacts
— generate ECS Task definitions, EKS Pod definitions
— create CloudFormation templates (compute, network)
— set up CI/CD pipelines
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Deploy to AWS
— store Docker image in ECR
— deploy to ECS, EKS, or App Runner

Key Points

• No code changes needed — lift-and-shift as-is
• Works from on-premises, VMs, or any cloud
• Generates all the CloudFormation and deployment config automatically
• Supports pre-built CI/CD pipelines
• Output goes to ECR (image) → ECS / EKS / App Runner (deployment)