ecs-api-reference
DevelopmentAmazon ECS API specification reference. Use when implementing ECS-compatible APIs in KECS to accurately reproduce request/response structures, parameters, error codes, and behaviors. Reference for implementing APIs like CreateCluster, CreateService, RunTask, RegisterTaskDefinition.
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Amazon ECS API Reference for KECS
Reference skill for implementing ECS-compatible APIs in KECS.
Overview
This skill provides detailed specifications for the following ECS API categories:
- Cluster API - Cluster management (
cluster-api.md) - Service API - Service management (
service-api.md) - Task API - Task execution and management (
task-api.md) - Task Definition API - Task definition management (
task-definition-api.md) - Other APIs - Tags, TaskSets, Attributes, Account Settings, etc. (
other-apis.md)
Use Cases
- Implementing new ECS API endpoints
- Verifying request/response structures of existing APIs
- Aligning error codes and behaviors with AWS ECS
- Writing API compatibility tests
Common API Specifications
HTTP Request Format
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: ecs.{region}.amazonaws.com
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
X-Amz-Target: AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.{ActionName}
Common Error Codes
| Error | HTTP | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ClientException | 400 | Client-side error (insufficient permissions, invalid ID, etc.) |
| InvalidParameterException | 400 | Invalid parameter |
| ServerException | 500 | Server error |
| ClusterNotFoundException | 400 | Cluster not found |
| ServiceNotFoundException | 400 | Service not found |
Tag Limits
- Maximum 50 tags per resource
- Key length: Maximum 128 characters (UTF-8)
- Value length: Maximum 256 characters (UTF-8)
aws:prefix is reserved (cannot edit or delete)
Pagination
- maxResults: 1-100 (default 10 or 100 depending on API)
- nextToken: Opaque continuation token
ARN Format
arn:aws:ecs:{region}:{account}:{resource-type}/{resource-id}
Resource types: cluster, service, task, task-definition, container-instance, capacity-provider, task-set
Detailed Specifications
Refer to the following support files for detailed API specifications:
cluster-api.md- CreateCluster, DescribeClusters, ListClusters, DeleteCluster, UpdateClusterservice-api.md- CreateService, DescribeServices, UpdateService, DeleteService, ListServicestask-api.md- RunTask, StopTask, DescribeTasks, ListTasks, ExecuteCommandtask-definition-api.md- RegisterTaskDefinition, DeregisterTaskDefinition, DescribeTaskDefinition, ListTaskDefinitionsother-apis.md- TagResource, ListTagsForResource, CreateTaskSet, PutAttributes, PutAccountSetting, etc.