Using the Amazon ECS Service task in Bamboo
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Using the Amazon ECS Service task in Bamboo

You can use the Amazon ECS Service task to create, update or delete an Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) service (see Deploying to Amazon ECS for an overview of the ECS component lifecycle and deployment workflow).

 

Configuration

To configure an Amazon ECS Service task:

  1. Navigate to the Tasks configuration tab for the job (this will be the default job if creating a new plan).

  2. Click the name of an existing Amazon ECS Service task, or click Add Task and then Amazon ECS Service to create a new task.

  3. Complete the following settings:

    1. Common to all tasks

    2. Actions supported by this task:

       

      Create Service



      Cluster Name or ARN

      (Optional) Specify the cluster name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN).

      •   If you do not specify a cluster, the default cluster is assumed. 

      Service Name

      Specify the service name.

      Task Definition

      (Optional) Specify the family and revision (family:revision) or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the task definition to use.

      Desired Count

      (Optional) Specify the number of tasks to keep running.

      Deployment Configuration

      (Optional) Specify the deployment configuration in JSON format – refer to Deployment Configuration for details.

      Load Balancers

      (Optional) Specify one or more load balancer objects in JSON format – refer to Service Load Balancing for details.

      Role

      (Conditional) Specify the name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role that allows the ECS container agent to make calls to the load balancer.

      •   This parameter is only required for services using a load balancer.

      Advanced Options



      Await Steady State Timeout

      Specify how long to await the service reaching a steady state (seconds, 0 to skip).

      Verify Steady State Period 

      Specify how long to verify the service's state staying steady (seconds, 0 to skip).

      Update Service



      Cluster Name or ARN

      see Create above

      Service Name or ARN

      Specify the service name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN).

      Task Definition

      see Create above

      Desired Count

      see Create above

      Deployment Configuration

      see Create above

      Advanced Options



      Await Steady State Timeout

      see Create above

      Verify Steady State Period 

      see Create above

      Delete Service



      Cluster Name or ARN

      see Create above

      Service Name or ARN

      see Update above

Variables

Create Service

Creating common variables for 1 services: ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.resources: TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx Creating resource variables for service 'TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx': ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx.ClusterArn: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:cluster/TAWS-IT270-43-ubot ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx.RoleArn: arn:aws:iam::309600995652:role/amazon-ecs-service ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx.ServiceArn: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:service/TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx.ServiceName: TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx.Status: ACTIVE ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx.TaskDefinition: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:task-definition/TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx:124 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx.DesiredCount: 2 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx.PendingCount: 0 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx.RunningCount: 2 Creating common variables for first resource affected by task: Creating resource variables for service 'TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx': ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.first.ClusterArn: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:cluster/TAWS-IT270-43-ubot ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.first.RoleArn: arn:aws:iam::309600995652:role/amazon-ecs-service ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.first.ServiceArn: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:service/TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.first.ServiceName: TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.first.Status: ACTIVE ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.first.TaskDefinition: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:task-definition/TAWS-IT270-ECSSE-nginx:124 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.first.DesiredCount: 2 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.first.PendingCount: 0 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ecs.service.first.RunningCount: 2

Update Service

See Create above.

Delete Service

See Create above.

How-to Articles

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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