ECS Troubleshooting Guide

Complete guide to diagnosing and resolving common ECS issues.

Quick Diagnostic Commands

# Check service status
aws ecs describe-services \
  --cluster production \
  --services my-service \
  --query 'services[0].{status:status,running:runningCount,desired:desiredCount,events:events[:5]}'

# List stopped tasks (failures)
aws ecs list-tasks \
  --cluster production \
  --service-name my-service \
  --desired-status STOPPED