AWS ECS Logging Setup with Atatus (Fargate + Fluent Bit)

Prerequisites

AWS CLI configured
Access to:
- AWS ECR
- AWS ECS (Fargate)
- AWS CloudWatch
- AWS VPC

Overview

This lightweight version skips CloudWatch and sends logs directly to Atatus using the standard AWS Fluent Bit image.

Step 1: Create ECS Task Definition

Replace the following placeholders with your actual values: <YOUR_CONTAINER_NAME>, <YOUR_APP_IMAGE>, <YOUR_ATATUS_LOGS_INGEST_LICENSE_KEY>, <YOUR_SERVICE_NAME>, <YOUR_TASK_EXECUTION_ROLE>

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{
  "family": "atatus-aws-ecs-fargate-fluent-bit",
  "containerDefinitions": [
        {
            "name": "log_router",
            "image": "amazon/aws-for-fluent-bit:latest",
            "cpu": 0,
            "memoryReservation": 50,
            "portMappings": [],
            "essential": true,
            "environment": [],
            "mountPoints": [],
            "volumesFrom": [],
            "user": "0",
            "logConfiguration": {
                "logDriver": "awslogs",
                "options": {
                    "awslogs-group": "/ecs/log-router",
                    "awslogs-region": "<YOUR_REGION>",
                    "awslogs-stream-prefix": "firelens"
                }
            },
            "systemControls": [],
            "firelensConfiguration": {
                "type": "fluentbit",
                "options": {
                    "enable-ecs-log-metadata": "true"
                }
            }
        },
        {
          "name": "<YOUR_CONTAINER_NAME>",
          "image": "<YOUR_APP_IMAGE>",
          "memoryReservation": 100,
          "essential": true,
          "logConfiguration": {
            "logDriver": "awsfirelens",
            "options": {
              "Name": "http",
              "Host": "intake-logs.atatus.com",
              "Port": "443",
              "tls": "on",
              "tls.verify": "off",
              "URI": "/ingest/v1/logs",
              "Format": "json_lines",
              "Header": "x-atatus-ecs-awsfirelens <YOUR_ATATUS_LOGS_INGEST_LICENSE_KEY>:<YOUR_SERVICE_NAME>"
            }
          }
        }
  ],
  "executionRoleArn": "<YOUR_TASK_EXECUTION_ROLE>",
  "taskRoleArn": "<YOUR_TASK_EXECUTION_ROLE>",
  "networkMode": "awsvpc",
  "requiresCompatibilities": ["FARGATE"],
  "cpu": "256",
  "memory": "512"
}

Sample Data for Placeholders:

Use the below values as examples when replacing placeholders in your task definition:

<YOUR_CONTAINER_NAME> – my-app

<YOUR_APP_IMAGE> – 123456789012.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/my-app:latest

<YOUR_ATATUS_LOGS_INGEST_LICENSE_KEY> – lic_**********************

<YOUR_SERVICE_NAME> – test-service

<YOUR_TASK_EXECUTION_ROLE> – arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/ecsTaskExecutionRole

Step 2: Deploy Task in ECS

Open ECS > Task Definitions in AWS Console
Register the new task definition using the JSON above.
Launch a task in a suitable Fargate cluster and subnet.

Verification

Atatus: Go to your Atatus Logs Dashboard and confirm logs are visible.