EasyECS

EasyECS is an innovative container deployment tool designed to streamline the process of launching containers within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Container Service (ECS) Fargate. With its user-friendly interface and automated workflows, EasyECS empowers developers to efficiently manage containerized applications on the AWS cloud platform. This tool is similar to what skaffold can be in Kubernetes environment.

Demonstration

Features

Create a CloudFormation Stack on AWS.
Create port forwarding between you and the task.
Build and push docker image on the fly.
An easy configuration file.
Manage IAM permissions via configuration file.
Synchronize file between the host and the remote containers.
Send input to the container.
Let the task run in the background.

How to install

pip install easyecs

Dependencies

NodeJS needs to be installed on your machine for AWS CDK to work.

How to use

Usage: easyecs [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  delete  Delete a stack
  dev     Run a stack in development mode
  run     Run a stack

Sample configuration

metadata:
  appname: "helloworld"
role:
  managed_policies: []
  statements:
    - sid: "ssmactions"
      resources: ["*"]
      actions: ["ssmmessages:CreateControlChannel", "ssmmessages:CreateDataChannel", "ssmmessages:OpenControlChannel", "ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel", "secretsmanager:*"]
      effect: "Allow"
execution_role:
  managed_policies: ["service-role/AmazonECSTaskExecutionRolePolicy", "AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly"]
  statements:
    - sid: "secretmanageractions"
      resources: ["*"]
      actions: ["secretsmanager:GetSecretValue"]
      effect: "Allow"
    - sid: "s3actions"
      resources: ["*"]
      actions: ["s3:*"]
      effect: "Allow"
task_definition:
  resources:
    limits:
      cpu: 2
      memory: 4096
  containers:
    - name: helloworld
      image: docker.io/library/debian
      user: root
      tty: true
      command: "/bin/bash"
      resources:
        limits:
          cpu: 1
          memory: 2048
      volumes:
        - "./easyecs:/root/easyecs"
        - "./ecs.yml:/root/ecs.yml"
      port_forward:
        - "8000:8000"
      env: []
      secrets: []

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