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+# NOTICE
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+:exclamation: :exclamation: :exclamation: Please note that this project is no longer actively maintained. A better option for new Fargate deployments on AWS is [the AWS Copilot CLI](https://github.com/aws/copilot-cli), which is both more featureful, and actively maintained by AWS. :exclamation: :exclamation: :exclamation:
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 ## Screencast
 
 [![fargate CLI screencast](http://img.youtube.com/vi/P6iY6ovhbfc/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6iY6ovhbfc)