acdl/modules/l1/ecs-service

ecs-service — ECS Fargate service (task definition + service)

Module kind: primitive | Version: 1.0.0

An ECS Fargate service with its task definition. Runs a container image on Fargate, optionally behind an ALB target group. This is a multi-resource module: it creates a task definition and a service that runs it.

Resources

Resource	Type	Purpose
task_definition	aws_ecs_task_definition	Fargate task definition with container image, CPU, memory, port, env
service	aws_ecs_service	Fargate service running the task definition in a cluster + subnets

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
image	string	yes	—	ECR image URL for the task container
port	number	yes	—	Container port the service listens on
cpu	number	no	256	Task CPU units (Fargate)
memory	number	no	512	Task memory in MiB (Fargate)
env	string	no	—	Environment variables as a JSON map string
cluster_arn	arn	yes	—	ECS cluster ARN (from ecs-cluster)
subnets	string	yes	—	Comma-separated subnet ids (from vpc)
security_group	string	yes	—	Security group id for the service ENIs
lb_target_group_arn	arn	no	—	Optional ALB target group ARN (from alb)
region	string	yes	—	AWS region the service is created in

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
service_arn	arn	The ECS service ARN
task_def_arn	arn	The ECS task definition ARN

Usage

{
  "id": "service",
  "type": "aws:ecs:task_definition",
  "module": "ecs-service@1.0.0",
  "inputs": {
    "image": "581513795199.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/acdl-microservice:latest",
    "port": 8080,
    "cpu": 256,
    "memory": 512,
    "cluster_arn": "ref:cluster.cluster_arn",
    "subnets": "ref:vpc.subnet_ids",
    "security_group": "ref:roles.role_arn",
    "region": "us-east-1"
  }
}

The image, port, and env inputs are compiled into a container_definitions JSON block by the adapter. The service is placed in the cluster with the given subnets and security group, and optionally wired to the ALB target group if lb_target_group_arn is provided.

Compliance extension points

• CloudWatch Logs — add logConfiguration to the container definition with a log group + retention policy (SOX, SOC2 CC7.2, DORA ICT incident logging).
• Task execution role separation — add a separate aws_iam_role for execution vs. the task role (SOC2 CC6.3 segregation of duties at runtime).
• Secrets injection — add secrets block referencing AWS Secrets Manager / SSM Parameter Store with KMS encryption (SOC2 CC6.1.
• Execute command — add enable_execute_command with KMS encryption for session audit (SOC2 CC7.2).
• Deployment circuit breaker — add deployment_circuit_breaker block for resilience (SOC2 CC9.1, DORA operational resilience).
• Health check — add a health_check block to the target group (currently missing despite the contract schema having a healthcheck field).

Examples

Validated example contracts are in examples/. The platform-test pipeline validates them against schemas/contract.schema.json.

Simple

A minimal deployment:

examples/simple.yaml

uses: acdl/pipelines/deploy.yaml@v1.6
module: ecs-service
environment: dev
inputs:
  name: my-service
  region: us-east-1
  image: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/nginx:latest
  port: 80

Complex

A production deployment with optional inputs:

examples/complex.yaml

# Complex ECS service with env vars + health check
uses: acdl/pipelines/deploy.yaml@v1.6
module: ecs-service
environment: dev
inputs:
  name: my-production-service
  region: us-east-1
  image: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/nginx:latest
  port: 8080
  env:
    LOG_LEVEL: info
    ENVIRONMENT: production

Versioning

1.0.0 — interface MAJOR, behavior MINOR, lifecycle PATCH. MAJOR bumps require a new registry entry (immutable publication); old entries enter a 12-month deprecation window.