Configuring ECS CLI

Configuring the ECS CLI involves the following two configurations:

• Configure an ECS cluster with the Fargate launch type
• Configure an ECS CLI profile

Next, we shall discuss each of these configurations. The syntax to configure a cluster is as follows:

ecs-cli configure --cluster cluster_name --default-launch-type launch_type --region region_name --config-name configuration_name

The different command parameters in the ecs-cli configure command are discussed in this table:

Command parameter	Description	Value to set
--cluster	Name of an existing ECS cluster or a new cluster to create	hello-world
--region	AWS region	us-east-1
--default-launch-type	Launch type	FARGATE
--config-name	Configuration name	hello-world

 

1. Run the following command in PowerShell to configure an ECS cluster:

      ecs-cli configure --cluster hello-world --region us-east-1 --default-
      launch-type FARGATE --config-name hello-world

2. Create a directory, C:\PowerShell, for PowerShell and run the preceding command from the directory...