Error You must specify a region when running command aws ecs list-container-instances

Question

I am trying to use aws container service as per the documentation in http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ECS_GetStarted.html

The below error is th

Answer 1

#1- Run this to configure the region once and for all:

aws configure set region us-east-1 --profile admin

• Change admin next to the profile if it's different.

• Change us-east-1 if your region is different.

#2- Run your command again:

aws ecs list-container-instances --cluster default