Amazon-ecs-agent: No logs for STOPPED(Essential container in task exited)

[dwilches]

Summary

I am trying to run a Docker container on ECS, and my tasks keep restarting with STOPPED(Essential container in task exited) but I don't see logs under the container section.

Description

This is the error I'm seeing:

In the documentation it mentions for this error I'm experiencing I can find the details under the Cotnainers tab. But in my case there are no details in that tab:

If I click on "View logs in CloudWatch" I see no logs:

I've read that if I can use EC2 instead of Fargate, then I could SSH into my instance and see the logs, but in my task definition I can't find where to choose something else than Fargate:

Where can I see my app logs?

Thanks.

[dwilches]

Found the solution to this, logs are under CloudWatch -> Logs -> Insights.
Added the answer also to this SO question.

[sachingupta771]

Hello Team,

I am also experiencing the same errors, with no logs and no help from the internet, Please help and share the steps you followed for debugging.

[raghucheruku]

Hello team,
same issue i m also facing, i searched a lot in Google but i cannot able to sort out this issue, can anyone have any idea on this issue and please help me.
Thanks in Advance

[heartstchr]

@raghucheruku I solve the issue Successfully. Step to find the issue.

$ssh to ec2 instance
$docker ps -a
copy the exited container id
$docker logs
this will give you hint to solve further.

[nithinachary]

Hi All,
I am facing the same issue. How to resolve this for Fargate type. Cause i cannot SSH into instance if it is of type Fargate. Please help me out.
Thanks In advance

[dwilches]

The solution that worked for me is here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54131298/how-to-debug-failed-fargate-task-initialization

On Monday, April 27, 2020, nithinachary [e-mail] wrote:

Hi All,
I am facing the same issue. How to resolve this for Fargate type. Cause i
cannot SSH into instance if it is of type Fargate. Please help me out.
Thanks In advance

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