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ecsconnect

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bmc ecsconnect opens an interactive shell into a running ECS container.

Usage #

bmc ecsconnect     # Interactive: pick cluster → service → task → container

The command walks you through selecting:

  1. ECS cluster
  2. Service
  3. Task
  4. Container

Then launches an interactive shell via AWS SSM.

Prerequisites #

  • aws CLI v2
  • session-manager-plugin

Check with:

bmc doctor

Install prerequisites #

aws CLI v2

# Homebrew
brew install awscli

# Nix
nix profile add nixpkgs#awscli2

session-manager-plugin

# Homebrew
brew install --cask session-manager-plugin

# Manual
# https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager-working-with-install-plugin.html