localstack-extension-ecs-container-endpoints 0.1.3

LocalStack Extension: localstack-extension-ecs-container-endpoints

LocalStack ECS Container Metadata Endpoints Extension

An extension enabling LocalStack to provide local versions of the ECS Task IAM Roles endpoint and the ECS Task Metadata Endpoints. Get the full amazon-ecs-local-container-endpoints functionality directly in LocalStack without needing to have additional containers running!

The amazon-ecs-local-container-endpoints API is served through both the hostname http://metadata.ecs.localhost.localstack.cloud:4566 and the official "well-known" IP address http://169.254.170.2.

Install

Install the extension by running:

localstack extensions install localstack-extension-ecs-container-endpoints

Usage

Configuration

The extension passes all environment variables prefixed with ECS_LOCAL_CONTAINER_ENDPOINTS_ (*with a few exceptions) through to the amazon-ecs-local-container-endpoints process. See the upstream docs for information on configuring amazon-ecs-local-container-endpoints.

[!IMPORTANT] Some environment variables are forcibly set to ensure theamazon-ecs-local-container-endpoints process targets the running LocalStack instance. Specifically, the following environment variables will be ignored:

• IAM_ENDPOINT
• STS_ENDPOINT
• ECS_LOCAL_METADATA_PORT

Licensing

• amazon-ecs-local-container-endpoints is licensed under the Apache License 2.0
• A pre-built amazon-ecs-local-container-endpoints binary is (effectively) vendored with this extension, slight modifications are made during the build process to make it compile properly for supported operating systems and processor architectures. The modifications retain the Apache License 2.0 license.
• The extension code is licensed under the AGPL-3.0-or-later