ecspresso

ecspresso is a deployment tool for Amazon ECS.

(pronounced same as "espresso")

Documents

Differences of v1 between v2.
ecspresso Advent Calendar 2020 (Japanese)
ecspresso handbook (Japanese)
Command Reference (Japanese)

Install

Homebrew (macOS and Linux)

$ brew install kayac/tap/ecspresso

asdf (macOS and Linux)

$ asdf plugin add ecspresso
# or
$ asdf plugin add ecspresso https://github.com/kayac/asdf-ecspresso.git

$ asdf install ecspresso 2.0.0
$ asdf global ecspresso 2.0.0

Binary packages

Releases

CircleCI Orbs

https://circleci.com/orbs/registry/orb/fujiwara/ecspresso

version: 2.1
orbs:
  ecspresso: fujiwara/[email protected]
jobs:
  install:
    steps:
      - checkout
      - ecspresso/install:
          version: v2.0.0 # or latest
          # version-file: .ecspresso-version
      - run:
          command: |
            ecspresso version

version: latest installs different versions of ecspresso for each Orb version.

fujiwara/[email protected]
- The latest release version (v2 or later)
fujiwara/[email protected]
- The latest version of v1.x
fujiwara/[email protected]
- The latest version of v2.x

version: latest is not recommended because it may cause unexpected behavior when the new version of ecspresso is released.

Orb fujiwara/[email protected] supports version-file: path/to/file installs ecspresso that version written in the file. This version number does not have v prefix, For example, 2.0.0.

GitHub Actions

Action kayac/ecspresso@v2 installs an ecspresso binary for Linux(x86_64) into /usr/local/bin. This action runs install only.

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: kayac/ecspresso@v2
        with:
          version: v2.0.0 # or latest
          # version-file: .ecspresso-version
      - run: |
          ecspresso deploy --config ecspresso.yml

Pass the parameter "latest" to use the latest version of ecspresso.

      - uses: kayac/ecspresso@v2
        with:
          version: latest

version: latest installs different versions of ecspresso for each Action version.

kayac/ecspresso@v1
- The latest version of v1.x
kayac/ecspresso@v2
- The latest version of v2.x

version: latest is not recommended because it may cause unexpected behavior when the new version of ecspresso is released.

GitHub Action kayac/ecspresso@v2 supports version-file: path/to/file installs ecspresso that version written in the file. This version number does not have v prefix, For example 2.0.0.

Usage

Usage: ecspresso <command>

Flags:
  -h, --help                      Show context-sensitive help.
      --envfile=ENVFILE,...       environment files
      --debug                     enable debug log
      --ext-str=KEY=VALUE;...     external string values for Jsonnet
      --ext-code=KEY=VALUE;...    external code values for Jsonnet
      --config="ecspresso.yml"    config file
      --assume-role-arn=""        the ARN of the role to assume
      --option=OPTION

Commands:
  appspec
    output AppSpec YAML for CodeDeploy to STDOUT

  delete
    delete service

  deploy
    deploy service

  deregister
    deregister task definition

  diff
    show diff between task definition, service definition with current running
    service and task definition

  exec
    execute command on task

  init --service=SERVICE
    create configuration files from existing ECS service

  refresh
    refresh service. equivalent to deploy --skip-task-definition
    --force-new-deployment --no-update-service

  register
    register task definition

  render <targets>
    render config, service definition or task definition file to STDOUT

  revisions
    show revisions of task definitions

  rollback
    rollback service

  run
    run task

  scale
    scale service. equivalent to deploy --skip-task-definition
    --no-update-service

  status
    show status of service

  tasks
    list tasks that are in a service or having the same family

  verify
    verify resources in configurations

  wait
    wait until service stable

  version
    show version

For more options for sub-commands, See ecspresso sub-command --help.

Quick Start

ecspresso can easily manage your existing/running ECS service by codes.

Try ecspresso init for your ECS service with option --region, --cluster and --service.

$ ecspresso init --region ap-northeast-1 --cluster default --service myservice --config ecspresso.yml
2019/10/12 01:31:48 myservice/default save service definition to ecs-service-def.json
2019/10/12 01:31:48 myservice/default save task definition to ecs-task-def.json
2019/10/12 01:31:48 myservice/default save config to ecspresso.yml

Let me see the generated files ecspresso.yml, ecs-service-def.json, and ecs-task-def.json.

And then, you already can deploy the service by ecspresso!

$ ecspresso deploy --config ecspresso.yml

Configuration file

A configuration file of ecspresso (YAML or JSON, or Jsonnet format).

region: ap-northeast-1 # or AWS_REGION environment variable
cluster: default
service: myservice
task_definition: taskdef.json
timeout: 5m # default 10m

ecspresso deploy works as below.

Register a new task definition from task-definition file (JSON or Jsonnet).
- Replace {{ env `FOO` `bar` }} syntax in the JSON file to environment variable "FOO".
  - If "FOO" is not defined, replaced by "bar"
- Replace {{ must_env `FOO` }} syntax in the JSON file to environment variable "FOO".
  - If "FOO" is not defined, abort immediately.
Update service tasks by the service_definition file (JSON or Jsonnet).
Wait for the service to be stable.

Configuration files and task/service definition files are read by go-config. go-config has template functions env, must_env and json_escape.

Example of deployment

Rolling deployment

$ ecspresso deploy --config ecspresso.yml
2017/11/09 23:20:13 myService/default Starting deploy
Service: myService
Cluster: default
TaskDefinition: myService:3
Deployments:
    PRIMARY myService:3 desired:1 pending:0 running:1
Events:
2017/11/09 23:20:13 myService/default Creating a new task definition by myTask.json
2017/11/09 23:20:13 myService/default Registering a new task definition...
2017/11/09 23:20:13 myService/default Task definition is registered myService:4
2017/11/09 23:20:13 myService/default Updating service...
2017/11/09 23:20:13 myService/default Waiting for service stable...(it will take a few minutes)
2017/11/09 23:23:23 myService/default  PRIMARY myService:4 desired:1 pending:0 running:1
2017/11/09 23:23:29 myService/default Service is stable now. Completed!

Blue/Green deployment (with AWS CodeDeploy)

ecspresso deploy can deploy service having CODE_DEPLOY deployment controller. See ecs-service-def.json below.

{
  "deploymentController": {
    "type": "CODE_DEPLOY"
  },
  // ...
}

ecspresso doesn't create and modify any resources about CodeDeploy. You must create an application and a deployment group for your ECS service on CodeDeploy in the other way.

ecspresso finds a CodeDeploy deployment setting for the ECS service automatically. But, if you have too many CodeDeploy applications, API calls of that finding process may cause throttling.

In this case, you may specify CodeDeploy application_name and deployment_group_name in a config file.

# ecspresso.yml
codedeploy:
  application_name: myapp
  deployment_group_name: mydeployment

ecspresso deploy creates a new deployment for CodeDeploy, and it continues on CodeDeploy.

$ ecspresso deploy --config ecspresso.yml --rollback-events DEPLOYMENT_FAILURE
2019/10/15 22:47:07 myService/default Starting deploy
Service: myService
Cluster: default
TaskDefinition: myService:5
TaskSets:
   PRIMARY myService:5 desired:1 pending:0 running:1
Events:
2019/10/15 22:47:08 myService/default Creating a new task definition by ecs-task-def.json
2019/10/15 22:47:08 myService/default Registering a new task definition...
2019/10/15 22:47:08 myService/default Task definition is registered myService:6
2019/10/15 22:47:08 myService/default desired count: 1
2019/10/15 22:47:09 myService/default Deployment d-XXXXXXXXX is created on CodeDeploy
2019/10/15 22:47:09 myService/default https://ap-northeast-1.console.aws.amazon.com/codesuite/codedeploy/deployments/d-XXXXXXXXX?region=ap-northeast-1

CodeDeploy appspec hooks can be defined in a config file. ecspresso creates Resources and version elements in appspec on deploy automatically.

cluster: default
service: test
service_definition: ecs-service-def.json
task_definition: ecs-task-def.json
appspec:
  Hooks:
    - BeforeInstall: "LambdaFunctionToValidateBeforeInstall"
    - AfterInstall: "LambdaFunctionToValidateAfterTraffic"
    - AfterAllowTestTraffic: "LambdaFunctionToValidateAfterTestTrafficStarts"
    - BeforeAllowTraffic: "LambdaFunctionToValidateBeforeAllowingProductionTraffic"
    - AfterAllowTraffic: "LambdaFunctionToValidateAfterAllowingProductionTraffic"

Scale out/in

To change a desired count of the service, specify scale --tasks.

$ ecspresso scale --tasks 10

scale command is equivalent to deploy --skip-task-definition --no-update-service.

Example of deploy

escpresso can deploy a service by service_definition JSON file and task_definition.

$ ecspresso deploy --config ecspresso.yml
...

# ecspresso.yml
service_definition: service.json

example of service.json below.

{
  "role": "ecsServiceRole",
  "desiredCount": 2,
  "loadBalancers": [
    {
      "containerName": "myLoadbalancer",
      "containerPort": 80,
      "targetGroupArn": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:[region]:[account-id]:targetgroup/{target-name}/201ae83c14de522d"
    }
  ]
}

Keys are in the same format as aws ecs describe-services output.

deploymentConfiguration
launchType
loadBalancers
networkConfiguration
placementConstraint
placementStrategy
role
etc.

Example of run task

$ ecspresso run --config ecspresso.yml --task-def=db-migrate.json

When --task-def is not set, use a task definition included in a service.

Other options for RunTask API are set by service attributes(CapacityProviderStrategy, LaunchType, PlacementConstraints, PlacementStrategy and PlatformVersion).

Notes

Version constraint.

required_version in the configuration file is for fixing the version of ecspresso.

required_version: ">= 2.0.0, < 3"

This description allows execution if the version is greater than or equal to 2.0.0 and less than or equal to 3. If this configuration file is read in any other version, execution will fail at that point.

This feature is implemented by go-version.

Manage Application Auto Scaling

If you're using Application Auto Scaling for your ECS service, adjusting the minimum and maximum auto-scaling settings with the ecspresso scale command is a breeze. Simply specify either scale --auto-scaling-min or scale --auto-scaling-max to modify the settings.

$ ecspresso scale --tasks 5 --auto-scaling-min 5 --auto-scaling-max 20

ecspresso deploy and scale can suspend and resume application auto scaling.

--suspend-auto-scaling sets suspended state to true.
--resume-auto-scaling sets suspended state to false.

When you want to change the suspended state simply, try ecspresso scale --suspend-auto-scaling or ecspresso scale --resume-auto-scaling. That operation will change suspended state only.

Use Jsonnet instead of JSON and YAML.

ecspresso v1.7 or later can use Jsonnet file format for service and task definition.

v2.0 or later can use Jsonnet for configuration file too.

If the file extension is .jsonnet, ecspresso will process Jsonnet first, convert it to JSON, and then load it.

{
  cluser: 'default',
  service: 'myservice',
  service_definition: 'ecs-service-def.jsonnet',
  task_definition: 'ecs-task-def.jsonnet',
}

ecspresso includes github.com/google/go-jsonnet as a library, we don't need the jsonnet command.

--ext-str and --ext-code flag sets Jsonnet External Variables.

$ ecspresso --ext-str Foo=foo --ext-code "Bar=1+1" ...

{
  foo: std.extVar('Foo'), // = "foo"
  bar: std.extVar('Bar'), // = 2
}

Deploy to Fargate

If you want to deploy services to Fargate, task definitions and service definitions require some settings.

For task definitions,

requiresCompatibilities (required "FARGATE")
networkMode (required "awsvpc")
cpu (required)
memory (required)
executionRoleArn (optional)

{
  "taskDefinition": {
    "networkMode": "awsvpc",
    "requiresCompatibilities": [
      "FARGATE"
    ],
    "cpu": "1024",
    "memory": "2048",
    // ...
}

For service-definition,

launchType (required "FARGATE")
networkConfiguration (required "awsvpcConfiguration")

{
  "launchType": "FARGATE",
  "networkConfiguration": {
    "awsvpcConfiguration": {
      "subnets": [
        "subnet-aaaaaaaa",
        "subnet-bbbbbbbb"
      ],
      "securityGroups": [
        "sg-11111111"
      ],
      "assignPublicIp": "ENABLED"
    }
  },
  // ...
}

Fargate Spot support

Set capacityProviders and defaultCapacityProviderStrategy to ECS cluster.
If you hope to migrate existing service to use Fargate Spot, define capacityProviderStrategy into service definition as below. ecspresso deploy --update-service applies the settings to the service.

{
  "capacityProviderStrategy": [
    {
      "base": 1,
      "capacityProvider": "FARGATE",
      "weight": 1
    },
    {
      "base": 0,
      "capacityProvider": "FARGATE_SPOT",
      "weight": 1
    }
  ],
  // ...

ECS Service Connect support

ecspresso supports ECS Service Connect.

You can define serviceConnectConfiguration in service definition files and portMappings attributes in task definition files.

For more details, see also Service Connect parameters

How to check diff and verify service/task definitions before deploy.

ecspresso supports diff and verify subcommands.

diff

Shows differences between local task/service definitions and remote (on ECS) definitions.

$ ecspresso diff
--- arn:aws:ecs:ap-northeast-1:123456789012:service/ecspresso-test/nginx-local
+++ ecs-service-def.json
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
   },
   "placementConstraints": [],
   "placementStrategy": [],
-  "platformVersion": "1.3.0"
+  "platformVersion": "LATEST"
 }
 
--- arn:aws:ecs:ap-northeast-1:123456789012:task-definition/ecspresso-test:202
+++ ecs-task-def.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "containerDefinitions": [
     {
       "cpu": 0,
       "environment": [],
       "essential": true,
-      "image": "nginx:latest",
+      "image": "nginx:alpine",
       "logConfiguration": {
         "logDriver": "awslogs",
         "options": {

verify

Verify resources related with service/task definitions.

For example,

An ECS cluster exists.
The target groups in service definitions match the container name and port defined in the definitions.
A task role and a task execution role exist and can be assumed by ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com.
Container images exist at the URL defined in task definitions. (Checks only for ECR or DockerHub public images.)
Secrets in task definitions exist and be readable.
Can create log streams, can put messages to the streams in specified CloudWatch log groups.

ecspresso verify tries to assume the task execution role defined in task definitions to verify these items. If failed to assume the role, it continues to verify with the current sessions.

$ ecspresso verify
2020/12/08 11:43:10 nginx-local/ecspresso-test Starting verify
  TaskDefinition
    ExecutionRole[arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/ecsTaskRole]
    --> [OK]
    TaskRole[arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/ecsTaskRole]
    --> [OK]
    ContainerDefinition[nginx]
      Image[nginx:alpine]
      --> [OK]
      LogConfiguration[awslogs]
      --> [OK]
    --> [OK]
  --> [OK]
  ServiceDefinition
  --> [OK]
  Cluster
  --> [OK]
2020/12/08 11:43:14 nginx-local/ecspresso-test Verify OK!

Manipulate ECS tasks.

ecspresso can manipulate ECS tasks. Use tasks and exec command.

After v2.0, These operations are provided by ecsta as a library. ecsta CLI can manipulate any ECS tasks (not limited to deployed by ecspresso).

Consider using ecsta as a CLI command.

tasks

task command lists tasks run by a service or having the same family to a task definition.

Flags:
      --id=                       task ID
      --output=table              output format
      --find=false                find a task from tasks list and dump it as JSON
      --stop=false                stop the task
      --force=false               stop the task without confirmation
      --trace=false               trace the task

When --find option is set, you can select a task in a list of tasks and show the task as JSON.

ECSPRESSO_FILTER_COMMAND environment variable can define a command to filter tasks. For example peco, fzf and etc.

$ ECSPRESSO_FILTER_COMMAND=peco ecspresso tasks --find

When --stop option is set, you can select a task in a list of tasks and stop the task.

exec

exec command executes a command on task.

session-manager-plugin is required in PATH.

Flags:
      --id=                       task ID
      --command=sh                command to execute
      --container=                container name
      --port-forward=false        enable port forward
      --local-port=0              local port number
      --port=0                    remote port number (required for --port-forward)
      --host=                     remote host (required for --port-forward)

If --id is not set, the command shows a list of tasks to select a task to execute.

ECSPRESSO_FILTER_COMMAND environment variable works the same as tasks command.

See also the official document Using Amazon ECS Exec for debugging.

port forwarding

ecspresso exec --port-forward forwards local port to ECS tasks port.

$ ecspresso exec --port-forward --port 80 --local-port 8080
...

If --id is not set, the command shows a list of tasks to select a task to forward port.

When --local-port is not specified, use the ephemeral port for local port.

Plugins

ecspresso has some plugins to extend template functions.

tfstate

The tfstate plugin introduces template functions tfstate and tfstatef.

ecspresso.yml

region: ap-northeast-1
cluster: default
service: test
service_definition: ecs-service-def.json
task_definition: ecs-task-def.json
plugins:
  - name: tfstate
    config:
      url: s3://my-bucket/terraform.tfstate
      # or path: terraform.tfstate    # path to local file

ecs-service-def.json

{
  "networkConfiguration": {
    "awsvpcConfiguration": {
      "subnets": [
        "{{ tfstatef `aws_subnet.private['%s'].id` `az-a` }}"
      ],
      "securityGroups": [
        "{{ tfstate `data.aws_security_group.default.id` }}"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{{ tfstate "resource_type.resource_name.attr" }} will expand to an attribute value of the resource in tfstate.

{{ tfstatef "resource_type.resource_name['%s'].attr" "index" }} is similar to {{ tfstatef "resource_type.resource_name['index'].attr" }}. This function is useful to build a resource address with environment variables.

{{ tfstatef `aws_subnet.ecs['%s'].id` (must_env `SERVICE`) }}

Supported tfstate URL format

Local file file://path/to/terraform.tfstate
HTTP/HTTPS https://example.com/terraform.tfstate
Amazon S3 s3://{bucket}/{key}
Terraform Cloud remote://api.terraform.io/{organization}/{workspaces}
- TFE_TOKEN environment variable is required.
Google Cloud Storage gs://{bucket}/{key}
Azure Blog Storage azurerm://{resource_group_name}/{storage_account_name}/{container_name}/{blob_name}

This plugin uses tfstate-lookup to load tfstate.

Multiple tfstate support

func_prefix adds a prefix to template function names for each plugin configuration.

# ecspresso.yml
plugins:
   - name: tfstate
     config:
       url: s3://tfstate/first.tfstate
     func_prefix: first_
   - name: tfstate
     config:
       url: s3://tfstate/second.tfstate
     func_prefix: second_

So in templates, functions are called with prefixes.

[
  "{{ first_tfstate `aws_s3_bucket.main.arn` }}",
  "{{ second_tfstate `aws_s3_bucket.main.arn` }}"
]

CloudFormation

The cloudformation plugin introduces template functions cfn_output and cfn_export.

An example of CloudFormation stack template defines Outputs and Exports.

# StackName: ECS-ecspresso
Outputs:
  SubnetAz1:
    Value: !Ref PublicSubnetAz1
  SubnetAz2:
    Value: !Ref PublicSubnetAz2
  EcsSecurityGroupId:
    Value: !Ref EcsSecurityGroup
    Export:
      Name: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-EcsSecurityGroupId

Load cloudformation plugin in a config file.