# Have a long-running process that is not suitable for running on Lambda? AWS Fargate to the rescue!

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/have-a-long-running-process-that-is-not-suitable-for-running-on-lambda-aws-fargate-to-the-rescue/5153>\
**Category:** Serverless FAQ\
**Tags:** fargate, long-running-process\
**Created:** [July 18, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/have-a-long-running-process-that-is-not-suitable-for-running-on-lambda-aws-fargate-to-the-rescue/5153 "2018-07-18T22:09:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![rupakg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/rupakg/32/900_2.png) [@rupakg](https://forum.serverless.com/u/rupakg)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/have-a-long-running-process-that-is-not-suitable-for-running-on-lambda-aws-fargate-to-the-rescue/5153/1 "2018-07-18T22:09:25Z")

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**Summary**

You heard about AWS Fargate but you want to learn how to use it with your existing Serverless projects. Rupak Ganguly has a in-depth walk through of setting up your job in Fargate and then interacting with it from your existing Serverless projects.

> **[How to use AWS Fargate and Lambda for long-running processes in a Serverless app](https://www.serverless.com/blog/serverless-application-for-long-running-process-fargate-lambda/)**
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> We'll show you how to process a video file that extracts a thumbnail in Amazon ECS using Fargate and Lambda

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