Amazon ECS

Receive Amazon ECS container task and service state change events via EventBridge.

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Quick Setup

Copy Webhook URL

Go to your Alert24 dashboard and copy the webhook URL for Amazon ECS.

Configure Amazon ECS

Add the webhook URL in your Amazon ECS settings.

Auto-Detected

Alert24 auto-detects Amazon ECS payloads and maps them to incidents.

Step-by-Step Setup Instructions

Amazon ECS Webhook Setup

1.In EventBridge, create a rule with source aws.ecs and detail-type ECS Task State Change or ECS Service Action

2.Set the target to an SNS topic

3.Add an HTTPS subscription to the SNS topic using the webhook URL above

4.Confirm the subscription when you receive the confirmation request

5.ECS automatically emits events when tasks start, stop, or change state

Example Webhook Payload

This is a sample payload that Amazon ECS sends to Alert24 when an alert fires.

{
  "version": "0",
  "source": "aws.ecs",
  "detail-type": "ECS Task State Change",
  "detail": {
    "clusterArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster/production",
    "taskArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:123456789012:task/production/abcdef123456",
    "taskDefinitionArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:123456789012:task-definition/my-service:42",
    "lastStatus": "STOPPED",
    "desiredStatus": "STOPPED",
    "stoppedReason": "Essential container in task exited",
    "group": "service:my-service",
    "containers": [
      {
        "name": "app",
        "lastStatus": "STOPPED",
        "exitCode": 1,
        "reason": "OutOfMemoryError"
      }
    ],
    "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z",
    "stoppedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
  }
}