# aws-containers/amazon-ecs-exec-checker

🚀 Pre-flight checks for ECS Exec

Repository: https://github.com/aws-containers/amazon-ecs-exec-checker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/amazon-ecs-exec-checker
Language: Shell
License: MIT-0
License Family: permissive
Topics: validator, amazon-ecs, aws-fargate, ecs-exec, ecs-executecommand-api
Last push: 2025-04-09T14:23:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 30/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 15, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1987, "days_push": 511, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1012, forks 155 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:13.413288+00:00)

## What it is
A shell script that validates whether your AWS CLI environment and Amazon ECS cluster/task are properly configured for ECS Exec. It calls various AWS APIs to run pre-flight checks and reports results color-coded as okay, recommended-to-fix, or blocking.

## Use cases
- check if my ECS task is ready for ECS Exec
- debug why ecs execute-command fails on Fargate
- validate CLI environment before using ECS Exec
- verify IAM permissions and SSM agent for ECS Exec
- pre-flight validation of ECS Exec configuration
- check if Session Manager plugin is installed for ECS Exec

## When to choose
- you are setting up ECS Exec for the first time and want to verify prerequisites
- ECS Exec is failing and you need to identify the misconfiguration
- you want a quick non-invasive audit of cluster, task, and CLI readiness

## When to avoid
- you need continuous monitoring rather than one-time pre-flight checks
- you are not using Amazon ECS or ECS Exec
- you need a GUI or managed tool instead of a shell script

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, cli, monitoring
- domain: cloud-computing
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: aws, ecs, fargate, ecs-exec, shell-script, preflight-checks, validator, ssm, containers, devops, debugging, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- aws-containers/amazon-ecs-exec-checker (main) score 30

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.413288+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:11:44.169280+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aws-containers/amazon-ecs-exec-checker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.413288+00:00, sha 52c96b2bce0b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.