Deploying the compose file to the cluster

The ecs-cli compose service up command deploys a Docker compose file to a cluster. The command may optionally be parameterized with the command options discussed in this table:

Parameter	Description	Default value
--project-name	Project name	The current directory
--ecs-params	ECS params file to use	The ecs-params.yml in the current directory
--create-log-groups	Creates CloudWatch Log groups for container logs
--file	Docker compose file	The docker-compose.yml file in the current directory

 

Run the following command in which the --project-name and --create-log-groups options are used. We don’t need to use the other options, as the required files are in the current directory:

ecs-cli compose --project-name hello-world service up --create-log-groups

The Docker compose file gets deployed on the hello-world cluster. The output from the command is shownhere:

The hello-world cluster lists one running task, as shown here:

Click on the hello-world cluster link to display its...