Using the Amazon ECS Service task in Bamboo

Configuration

To configure an Amazon ECS Service 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 Service task, or click Add Task and then Amazon ECS Service to create a new task.

Complete the following settings:

Common to all tasks

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Task Description	(Optional) Identify the purpose of the task.
Disable this task	Check, or clear, to selectively run this task.
Action	Each task supports one or more actions depending on the target AWS resource. Select the desired action and configure the action specific parameters below.
Region	Select the desired AWS Region. Alternatively, select [Use region variable ...] to supply the region dynamically via Bamboo variables (needs to be a region code such as `ap-southeast-2`) - refer to How to parametrize the AWS region via a Bamboo variable for details.
...	Configure task/action specific parameters, see below ...
AWS Security Credentials
Source	Select the source for the required AWS Security Credentials - can be either Inline, an IAM Role for EC2 or a shared Identity Federation for AWS Connector.
Connector	(Conditional) Select the shared Identity Federation for AWS Connector. Alternatively, select [Use connector variable ...] to supply the connector dynamically via Bamboo variables (needs to be a connector id such as `f24e81bc-7aff-42db-86a2-7cf82e24d871`) - refer to How to parametrize the AWS connector via a Bamboo variable for details.

Actions supported by this task:

Create Service
Cluster Name or ARN	(Optional) Specify the short name or full Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the cluster that you want to run your service on. If you do not specify a cluster, the default cluster is assumed.
Service	Specify the name of the service you want to create.
Task Definition	(Optional) Specify the family and revision (family:revision) or full Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the task definition that you want to run in your service.
Desired Count	(Optional) Specify the number of instantiations of the specified task definition that you would like to place and keep running on your cluster.
Load Balancers	(Optional) Specify one or more load balancer objects in JSON format, containing the load balancer name, the container name (as it appears in a container definition), and the container port to access from the load balancer.
Role	(Conditional) Specify the name or full Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role that allows your Amazon ECS container agent to make calls to your load balancer on your behalf. This parameter is only required if you are using a load balancer with your service.
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	Specify the name of the service you want to update.
Task Definition	see Create above
Desired Count	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	Specify the name of the service you want to delete.

Variables

All tasks support Bamboo Variable Substitution/Definition - this task's actions generate variables as follows:

A task's generated variables might get amended with respective AWS API additions over time - a live build log will always provide the most current variable shape accordingly

Create Service

Creating common variables for 1 services:
... custom.aws.ecs.service.resources: taws-it-270-nginx
Creating resource variables for service 'taws-it-270-nginx':
... custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.taws-it-270-nginx.ClusterArn: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:cluster/taws-it-270-29
... custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.taws-it-270-nginx.RoleArn: arn:aws:iam::309600995652:role/amazon-ecs-service
... custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.taws-it-270-nginx.ServiceArn: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:service/taws-it-270-nginx
... custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.taws-it-270-nginx.ServiceName: taws-it-270-nginx
... custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.taws-it-270-nginx.Status: ACTIVE
... custom.aws.ecs.service.resources.taws-it-270-nginx.TaskDefinition: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:task-definition/taws-it-270-nginx:59
Creating common variables for first resource affected by task:
Creating resource variables for service 'taws-it-270-nginx':
... custom.aws.ecs.service.first.ClusterArn: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:cluster/taws-it-270-29
... custom.aws.ecs.service.first.RoleArn: arn:aws:iam::309600995652:role/amazon-ecs-service
... custom.aws.ecs.service.first.ServiceArn: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:service/taws-it-270-nginx
... custom.aws.ecs.service.first.ServiceName: taws-it-270-nginx
... custom.aws.ecs.service.first.Status: ACTIVE
... custom.aws.ecs.service.first.TaskDefinition: arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:309600995652:task-definition/taws-it-270-nginx:59

Update Service

See Create above.

Delete Service

See Create above.

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