# AWS ECS

LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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**Status:** ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue)

**type:** `aws.ecs`

**Description:** Entities used by AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS).

> [!warning]
> This entity definition contains attributes without a role.
> Stable Entities MUST NOT have attributes without a defined role.

**Attributes:**

| Role | Key | Stability | [Requirement Level](/docs/specs/semconv/general/attribute-requirement-level/) | Value Type | Description | Example Values |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Other | [`aws.ecs.task.id`](/docs/specs/semconv/registry/attributes/aws.md) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | `Conditionally Required` If and only if `task.arn` is populated. | string | The ID of a running ECS task. The ID MUST be extracted from `task.arn`. | `10838bed-421f-43ef-870a-f43feacbbb5b`; `23ebb8ac-c18f-46c6-8bbe-d55d0e37cfbd` |
| Other | [`aws.ecs.cluster.arn`](/docs/specs/semconv/registry/attributes/aws.md) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | `Recommended` | string | The ARN of an [ECS cluster](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/clusters.html). | `arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789123:cluster/my-cluster` |
| Other | [`aws.ecs.container.arn`](/docs/specs/semconv/registry/attributes/aws.md) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | `Recommended` | string | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an [ECS container instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ECS_instances.html). | `arn:aws:ecs:us-west-1:123456789123:container/32624152-9086-4f0e-acae-1a75b14fe4d9` |
| Other | [`aws.ecs.launchtype`](/docs/specs/semconv/registry/attributes/aws.md) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | `Recommended` | string | The [launch type](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/launch_types.html) for an ECS task. | `ec2`; `fargate` |
| Other | [`aws.ecs.task.arn`](/docs/specs/semconv/registry/attributes/aws.md) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | `Recommended` | string | The ARN of a running [ECS task](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ecs-account-settings.html#ecs-resource-ids). | `arn:aws:ecs:us-west-1:123456789123:task/10838bed-421f-43ef-870a-f43feacbbb5b`; `arn:aws:ecs:us-west-1:123456789123:task/my-cluster/task-id/23ebb8ac-c18f-46c6-8bbe-d55d0e37cfbd` |
| Other | [`aws.ecs.task.family`](/docs/specs/semconv/registry/attributes/aws.md) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | `Recommended` | string | The family name of the [ECS task definition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task_definitions.html) used to create the ECS task. | `opentelemetry-family` |
| Other | [`aws.ecs.task.revision`](/docs/specs/semconv/registry/attributes/aws.md) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | `Recommended` | string | The revision for the task definition used to create the ECS task. | `8`; `26` |



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`aws.ecs.launchtype` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used.

| Value | Description | Stability |
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| `ec2` | Amazon EC2 | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
| `fargate` | Amazon Fargate | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) |
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