---
title: Telegraf Documentation
description: Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Amazon Elastic Container Service
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/ecs/
estimated_tokens: 5761
product: Telegraf
version: v1
---

-   Telegraf v1.11.0+

# Amazon Elastic Container Service Input Plugin

This plugin gathers statistics on running containers in a Task from the [Amazon Elastic Container Service](https://aws.amazon.com/ecs/) using the [Amazon ECS metadata](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task-metadata-endpoint.html) and the [v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task-metadata-endpoint-v2.html) or [v3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task-metadata-endpoint-v3.html) statistics API endpoints.

The telegraf container must be run in the same Task as the workload it is inspecting.

The amazon-ecs-agent (though it *is* a container running on the host) is not present in the metadata/stats endpoints.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.11.0 **Tags:** cloud **OS support:** all

## Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

## Configuration

```toml
# Read metrics about ECS containers
[[inputs.ecs]]
  ## ECS metadata url.
  ## Metadata v2 API is used if set explicitly. Otherwise,
  ## v3 metadata endpoint API is used if available.
  # endpoint_url = ""

  ## Containers to include and exclude. Globs accepted.
  ## Note that an empty array for both will include all containers
  # container_name_include = []
  # container_name_exclude = []

  ## Container states to include and exclude. Globs accepted.
  ## When empty only containers in the "RUNNING" state will be captured.
  ## Possible values are "NONE", "PULLED", "CREATED", "RUNNING",
  ## "RESOURCES_PROVISIONED", "STOPPED".
  # container_status_include = []
  # container_status_exclude = []

  ## ecs labels to include and exclude as tags.  Globs accepted.
  ## Note that an empty array for both will include all labels as tags
  ecs_label_include = [ "com.amazonaws.ecs.*" ]
  ecs_label_exclude = []

  ## Timeout for queries.
  # timeout = "5s"
```

## Configuration (enforce v2 metadata)

```toml
# Read metrics about ECS containers
[[inputs.ecs]]
  ## ECS metadata url.
  ## Metadata v2 API is used if set explicitly. Otherwise,
  ## v3 metadata endpoint API is used if available.
  endpoint_url = "http://169.254.170.2"

  ## Containers to include and exclude. Globs accepted.
  ## Note that an empty array for both will include all containers
  # container_name_include = []
  # container_name_exclude = []

  ## Container states to include and exclude. Globs accepted.
  ## When empty only containers in the "RUNNING" state will be captured.
  ## Possible values are "NONE", "PULLED", "CREATED", "RUNNING",
  ## "RESOURCES_PROVISIONED", "STOPPED".
  # container_status_include = []
  # container_status_exclude = []

  ## ecs labels to include and exclude as tags.  Globs accepted.
  ## Note that an empty array for both will include all labels as tags
  ecs_label_include = [ "com.amazonaws.ecs.*" ]
  ecs_label_exclude = []

  ## Timeout for queries.
  # timeout = "5s"
```

## Metrics

-   ecs\_task
    
    -   tags:
        -   cluster
        -   task\_arn
        -   family
        -   revision
        -   id
        -   name
    -   fields:
        -   desired\_status (string)
        -   known\_status (string)
        -   limit\_cpu (float)
        -   limit\_mem (float)
-   ecs\_container\_mem
    
    -   tags:
        -   cluster
        -   task\_arn
        -   family
        -   revision
        -   id
        -   name
    -   fields:
        -   container\_id
        -   active\_anon
        -   active\_file
        -   cache
        -   hierarchical\_memory\_limit
        -   inactive\_anon
        -   inactive\_file
        -   mapped\_file
        -   pgfault
        -   pgmajfault
        -   pgpgin
        -   pgpgout
        -   rss
        -   rss\_huge
        -   total\_active\_anon
        -   total\_active\_file
        -   total\_cache
        -   total\_inactive\_anon
        -   total\_inactive\_file
        -   total\_mapped\_file
        -   total\_pgfault
        -   total\_pgmajfault
        -   total\_pgpgin
        -   total\_pgpgout
        -   total\_rss
        -   total\_rss\_huge
        -   total\_unevictable
        -   total\_writeback
        -   unevictable
        -   writeback
        -   fail\_count
        -   limit
        -   max\_usage
        -   usage
        -   usage\_percent
-   ecs\_container\_cpu
    
    -   tags:
        -   cluster
        -   task\_arn
        -   family
        -   revision
        -   id
        -   name
        -   cpu
    -   fields:
        -   container\_id
        -   usage\_total
        -   usage\_in\_usermode
        -   usage\_in\_kernelmode
        -   usage\_system
        -   throttling\_periods
        -   throttling\_throttled\_periods
        -   throttling\_throttled\_time
        -   usage\_percent
        -   usage\_total
-   ecs\_container\_net
    
    -   tags:
        -   cluster
        -   task\_arn
        -   family
        -   revision
        -   id
        -   name
        -   network
    -   fields:
        -   container\_id
        -   rx\_packets
        -   rx\_dropped
        -   rx\_bytes
        -   rx\_errors
        -   tx\_packets
        -   tx\_dropped
        -   tx\_bytes
        -   tx\_errors
-   ecs\_container\_blkio
    
    -   tags:
        -   cluster
        -   task\_arn
        -   family
        -   revision
        -   id
        -   name
        -   device
    -   fields:
        -   container\_id
        -   io\_service\_bytes\_recursive\_async
        -   io\_service\_bytes\_recursive\_read
        -   io\_service\_bytes\_recursive\_sync
        -   io\_service\_bytes\_recursive\_total
        -   io\_service\_bytes\_recursive\_write
        -   io\_serviced\_recursive\_async
        -   io\_serviced\_recursive\_read
        -   io\_serviced\_recursive\_sync
        -   io\_serviced\_recursive\_total
        -   io\_serviced\_recursive\_write
-   ecs\_container\_meta
    
    -   tags:
        -   cluster
        -   task\_arn
        -   family
        -   revision
        -   id
        -   name
    -   fields:
        -   container\_id
        -   docker\_name
        -   image
        -   image\_id
        -   desired\_status
        -   known\_status
        -   limit\_cpu
        -   limit\_mem
        -   created\_at
        -   started\_at
        -   type

## Example Output

```text
ecs_task,cluster=test,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a desired_status="RUNNING",known_status="RUNNING",limit_cpu=0.5,limit_mem=512 1542641488000000000
ecs_container_mem,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a active_anon=40960i,active_file=8192i,cache=790528i,pgpgin=1243i,total_pgfault=1298i,total_rss=40960i,limit=1033658368i,max_usage=4825088i,hierarchical_memory_limit=536870912i,rss=40960i,total_active_file=8192i,total_mapped_file=618496i,usage_percent=0.05349543109392212,container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",pgfault=1298i,pgmajfault=6i,pgpgout=1040i,total_active_anon=40960i,total_inactive_file=782336i,total_pgpgin=1243i,usage=552960i,inactive_file=782336i,mapped_file=618496i,total_cache=790528i,total_pgpgout=1040i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_cpu,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,cpu=cpu-total,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a usage_in_kernelmode=0i,throttling_throttled_periods=0i,throttling_periods=0i,throttling_throttled_time=0i,container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",usage_percent=0,usage_total=26426156i,usage_in_usermode=20000000i,usage_system=2336100000000i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_cpu,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,cpu=cpu0,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",usage_total=26426156i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_net,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,network=eth0,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a rx_errors=0i,rx_packets=36i,tx_errors=0i,tx_bytes=648i,container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",rx_dropped=0i,rx_bytes=5338i,tx_packets=8i,tx_dropped=0i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_net,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,network=eth5,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a rx_errors=0i,tx_packets=9i,rx_packets=26i,tx_errors=0i,rx_bytes=4641i,tx_dropped=0i,tx_bytes=690i,container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",rx_dropped=0i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_net,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,network=total,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a rx_dropped=0i,rx_bytes=9979i,rx_errors=0i,rx_packets=62i,tx_bytes=1338i,container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",tx_packets=17i,tx_dropped=0i,tx_errors=0i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_blkio,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,device=253:1,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a io_service_bytes_recursive_sync=790528i,io_service_bytes_recursive_total=790528i,io_serviced_recursive_sync=10i,io_serviced_recursive_write=0i,io_serviced_recursive_async=0i,io_serviced_recursive_total=10i,container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",io_service_bytes_recursive_read=790528i,io_service_bytes_recursive_write=0i,io_service_bytes_recursive_async=0i,io_serviced_recursive_read=10i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_blkio,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,device=253:2,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a io_service_bytes_recursive_sync=790528i,io_service_bytes_recursive_total=790528i,io_serviced_recursive_async=0i,io_serviced_recursive_total=10i,container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",io_service_bytes_recursive_read=790528i,io_service_bytes_recursive_write=0i,io_service_bytes_recursive_async=0i,io_serviced_recursive_read=10i,io_serviced_recursive_write=0i,io_serviced_recursive_sync=10i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_blkio,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,device=253:4,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a io_service_bytes_recursive_write=0i,io_service_bytes_recursive_sync=790528i,io_service_bytes_recursive_async=0i,io_service_bytes_recursive_total=790528i,io_serviced_recursive_async=0i,container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",io_service_bytes_recursive_read=790528i,io_serviced_recursive_read=10i,io_serviced_recursive_write=0i,io_serviced_recursive_sync=10i,io_serviced_recursive_total=10i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_blkio,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,device=202:26368,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a io_serviced_recursive_read=10i,io_serviced_recursive_write=0i,io_serviced_recursive_sync=10i,io_serviced_recursive_async=0i,io_serviced_recursive_total=10i,container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",io_service_bytes_recursive_sync=790528i,io_service_bytes_recursive_total=790528i,io_service_bytes_recursive_async=0i,io_service_bytes_recursive_read=790528i,io_service_bytes_recursive_write=0i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_blkio,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,device=total,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a io_serviced_recursive_async=0i,io_serviced_recursive_read=40i,io_serviced_recursive_sync=40i,io_serviced_recursive_write=0i,io_serviced_recursive_total=40i,io_service_bytes_recursive_read=3162112i,io_service_bytes_recursive_write=0i,io_service_bytes_recursive_async=0i,container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",io_service_bytes_recursive_sync=3162112i,io_service_bytes_recursive_total=3162112i 1542642001000000000
ecs_container_meta,cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.cluster=test,com.amazonaws.ecs.container-name=~internal~ecs~pause,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-family=nginx,com.amazonaws.ecs.task-definition-version=2,family=nginx,host=c4b301d4a123,id=e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba,name=~internal~ecs~pause,revision=2,task_arn=arn:aws:ecs:aws-region-1:012345678901:task/a1234abc-a0a0-0a01-ab01-0abc012a0a0a limit_mem=0,type="CNI_PAUSE",container_id="e6af031b91deb3136a2b7c42f262ed2ab554e2fe2736998c7d8edf4afe708dba",docker_name="ecs-nginx-2-internalecspause",limit_cpu=0,known_status="RESOURCES_PROVISIONED",image="amazon/amazon-ecs-pause:0.1.0",image_id="",desired_status="RESOURCES_PROVISIONED" 1542642001000000000
```

#### Related

-   [Configure plugins](/telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/)
-   [Amazon Elastic Container Service Plugin Source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.38.4/plugins/inputs/ecs/README.md)