Inserts a container image URI and optionally given environment variables into an Amazon ECS task definition JSON file, creating a new task definition file.
To insert the image URI bluemaex/amazon-ecs-sample:latest as the image for the web container in the task definition file, and then deploy the edited task definition file to ECS:
To add environment variables to you container definition you can add them to the job or step environment like seen below. You have to prefix them with TASK_ to avoid leaking secrets and adding unecessary variables. An env var like TASK_APP_NAME will be passed as APP_NAME to the container definition.
- name: Render Amazon ECS task definition
id: render-web-container
uses: bluemaex/amazon-ecs-render-task-definition@v1
with:
task-definition: task-definition.json
container-name: web
image: amazon/amazon-ecs-sample:latest
# Following is optional, but you can change the prefix of env variables
env-prefix: TASK_
env:
- TASK_APP_PORT: 4091
- TASK_APP_DEBUG: false
- TASK_APP_NAME: 'sample'
- name: Deploy to Amazon ECS service
uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition@v1
with:
task-definition: ${{ steps.render-web-container.outputs.task-definition }}
service: my-service
cluster: my-clusterThis code is made available under the MIT license.