You can use the Amazon ECS Cluster task to create or delete an Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) cluster (see Deploying to Amazon ECS for an overview of the ECS component lifecycle and deployment workflow).
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While useful for end to end automation and test scenarios, it is quite common to create ECS Clusters e.g. via the AWS Management Console upfront and only manage ECS Task Definitions, Tasks and Services from your build and deployment projects. |
To configure an Amazon ECS Cluster task:
- Navigate to the Tasks configuration tab for the job (this will be the default job if creating a new plan).
- Click the name of an existing Amazon ECS Cluster task, or click Add Task and then Amazon ECS Cluster to create a new task.
Complete the following settings:
Common to all tasks
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Create
Cluster Name (Optional) Specify a cluster name.
If you do not specify a name for your cluster, you will create a cluster named default. 
This name must be unique within your account. If the specified name already exists, the task will fail.
Generated Variables Code Block language text linenumbers true Creating common variables for 1 resources affected by task: ... custom.aws.ecs.cluster.resources: TC-TAWS-IT270-ECSC-29 Creating resource variables for cluster 'TC-TAWS-IT270-ECSC-29': ... custom.aws.ecs.cluster.resources.TC-TAWS-IT270-ECSC-29.ClusterName: TC-TAWS-IT270-ECSC-29 ... custom.aws.ecs.cluster.resources.TC-TAWS-IT270-ECSC-29.ClusterARN: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:cluster/TC-TAWS-IT270-ECSC-29 ... custom.aws.ecs.cluster.resources.TC-TAWS-IT270-ECSC-29.Status: ACTIVE Creating common variables for first resource affected by task: Creating resource variables for cluster 'TC-TAWS-IT270-ECSC-29': ... custom.aws.ecs.cluster.first.ClusterName: TC-TAWS-IT270-ECSC-29 ... custom.aws.ecs.cluster.first.ClusterARN: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:cluster/TC-TAWS-IT270-ECSC-29 ... custom.aws.ecs.cluster.first.Status: ACTIVE
Delete
Cluster Name or ARN Specify a cluster name or ARN.
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