AWS CLI ECR and ECS Cheat Sheet

aws ecr get-login-password --region us-west-2 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin 123456789012.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com

# Generate a password token for Docker login.

aws ecr create-repository --repository-name my-app

# Create a private image repository.

aws ecr describe-repositories

# List ECR repositories in the account.

aws ecr list-images --repository-name my-app

# Show image IDs in an ECR repository.

aws ecr describe-images --repository-name my-app

# Inspect pushed images, tags, sizes, and timestamps.

aws ecr batch-delete-image --repository-name my-app --image-ids imageTag=old-release

# Remove images from a repository by tag or digest.

aws ecr put-lifecycle-policy --repository-name my-app --lifecycle-policy-text file://lifecycle-policy.json

# Attach a lifecycle policy document to a repository.

aws ecs list-clusters

# Show cluster ARNs in the account and region.

aws ecs describe-clusters --clusters my-cluster

# Inspect ECS cluster status and settings.

aws ecs create-cluster --cluster-name my-cluster

# Create a new ECS cluster.

aws ecs list-services --cluster my-cluster

# Show ECS service ARNs for a cluster.

aws ecs describe-services --cluster my-cluster --services my-service

# Inspect ECS service desired count, task definition, and deployment status.

aws ecs update-service --cluster my-cluster --service my-service --force-new-deployment

# Restart service tasks using the current task definition.

aws ecs delete-service --cluster my-cluster --service my-service --force

# Remove an ECS service after scaling it down or forcing deletion.

aws ecs register-task-definition --cli-input-json file://taskdef.json

# Create or update an ECS task definition revision from JSON.

aws ecs list-task-definitions --family-prefix my-app

# Show task definition family revisions.

aws ecs run-task --cluster my-cluster --task-definition my-app:12 --launch-type FARGATE --network-configuration 'awsvpcConfiguration={subnets=[subnet-0123456789abcdef0],securityGroups=[sg-0123456789abcdef0],assignPublicIp=ENABLED}'

# Start an ECS task without creating a service.

aws ecs list-tasks --cluster my-cluster

# Show running or stopped tasks in a cluster.

aws ecs describe-tasks --cluster my-cluster --tasks arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task/my-cluster/0123456789abcdef

# Inspect ECS task state, containers, and attachments.

aws ecs stop-task --cluster my-cluster --task arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task/my-cluster/0123456789abcdef --reason 'manual stop'

# Terminate a running ECS task.