In addition to configuring an ECS CLI profile, we need to set up the following prerequisites to create an ECS cluster with the FARGATE launch type:
- Create a task execution role
- Register the task execution policy
- Create the task execution role
A task execution role is required to be created for a Fargate task to be able to download a Docker image and send and save container logs in CloudWatch. Create an IAM policy, execution-assume-role.json, in the C:\PowerShell\ directory, and copy and save the following JSON listing to the policy file:
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Principal": {
"Service": "ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com"
},
"Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
}
]
}Create the task execution role with the following command in PowerShell:
New-IAMRole -RoleName ecsExecutionRole -AssumeRolePolicyDocument (Get-Content -Raw C:\PowerShell\execution-assume-role.json)As the output from...