How to diagnose ECS Fargate task failing to start?

Question

I\'m trying to launch/run a Dockerfile on AWS using their ECS service. I can run my docker image locally just fine, but it\'s failing on the Fargate launch type. I\'ve uploaded

Answer 1

I may be late to the party, but you can check the container logs instead of the tasks'.

Go to the failed task -> Details -> Container (at the bottom) and open it. Right under details you'll see a Status reason.

Opening the container details

Getting the reason for failure

Note: if your task runs more than one container, check the 'Status reason' of each container as per the screenshot above, as it can be different between them.