YAML for AWS ECS

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Deploy services to Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS).

YAML parameters for AWS ECS

PARAMETERS

integrationrequiredstring

Amazon integration (AMAZON).

regionrequiredstring

The Amazon region.

local_pathrequiredstring

The path to the JSON file with task definition.

clusterrequiredstring

The name of the ECS cluster.

servicerequiredstring

The ID of the ECS service.

typerequiredstring

Value: AWS_ECS

actionrequiredstring

Unique identifier for the action within the pipeline.

trigger_timestring enum

Specifies when the action should be executed.

Allowed enum:

ON_EVERY_EXECUTION,

ON_SUCCESS,

ON_FAILURE,

ON_BACK_TO_SUCCESS,

ON_WARNING,

ON_WAIT_FOR_APPROVE,

ON_TERMINATE

loopstring[]

The list of variables for dynamic action execution. The action runs once for each value.

run_only_on_first_failureboolean

Defines whether the action should be executed on each failure. Restricted to and required if the trigger_time is ON_FAILURE.

disabledboolean

When set to true the action is disabled. By default it is set to false.

timeoutinteger

The timeout in seconds.

ignore_errorsboolean

If set to true the execution will proceed, mark action as a warning and jump to the next action. Doesn't apply to deployment actions.

retry_intervalinteger

Delay time between auto retries in seconds.

retry_countinteger

Number of retries if the action fails.

run_nextstring enum

Defines whether the action should run in parallel with the next one.

Allowed enum:

WAIT_ON_SUCCESS,

IN_SOFT_PARALLEL,

IN_HARD_PARALLEL

trigger_conditionsTriggerConditionYaml[]

The list of trigger conditions to meet so that the action can be triggered.

variablesVariableYaml[]

The list of variables you can use in the action.

Last modified on Apr 27, 2026

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YAML examples for AWS ECS

Deploy to AWS ECS

yaml
  - action: "ECS by API"
    type: "AWS_ECS"
    integration: "my_integration"
    service: "sample-app-service"
    cluster: "buddy-testing-cluster"
    local_path: "taskDefinition.json"
    region: "us-east-1"