Amazon Fargate · JSON Structure

Amazon Fargate Container Definition Structure

Container definition for a task

Type: object Properties: 8
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ContainerDefinition is a JSON Structure definition published by Amazon Fargate, describing 8 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

name image essential cpu memory environment portMappings logConfiguration

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-fargate/refs/heads/main/json-structure/amazon-fargate-container-definition-structure.json",
  "description": "Container definition for a task",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Container name",
      "example": "my-container"
    },
    "image": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Docker image",
      "example": "nginx:latest"
    },
    "essential": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether container is essential",
      "example": true
    },
    "cpu": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "CPU units for the container",
      "example": 256
    },
    "memory": {
      "type": "int32",
      "description": "Memory limit in MiB",
      "example": 512
    },
    "environment": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Environment variables",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/KeyValuePair"
      }
    },
    "portMappings": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Port mappings",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PortMapping"
      }
    },
    "logConfiguration": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/LogConfiguration"
    }
  },
  "name": "ContainerDefinition"
}