Troubleshooting with Amazon ECS Exec and Amazon CloudWatch Logs Live Tail in the AWS Management Console

Container troubleshooting often needs both real-time visibility into logs and direct access to containers. Previously, these activities necessitated navigating between different AWS Management Console interfaces, setting up client connections, or learning AWS Command Line (AWS CLI) commands parameters. This context-switching increased the time to diagnose and resolve issues, particularly in production environments where container access might be restricted by network configurations.

The integration of Amazon CloudWatch Logs live tail and the Amazon ECS Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Exec direct access in the Amazon ECS console centralizes container debugging capabilities. This removes the need to switch between multiple interfaces or maintain separate CLI configurations. The Amazon ECS console now incorporates essential troubleshooting capabilities that allow DevOps engineers and developers to maintain reliable container-based applications while preserving necessary security …