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ECS

Amazon ECS runs containerized applications from task definitions. You store an image in a registry, register a task definition, and run it as a task or service in a cluster. A service keeps the requested number of tasks running and replaces tasks that stop.

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Syntax

boto3.client('ecs').run_task(cluster=..., taskDefinition=..., launchType=..., networkConfiguration=...)

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Source: Architect your solution for Amazon ECS - Amazon Elastic Container Service. Checked 2026-11-03.