Amazon ECS Managed Daemons can now collect json-file logs from application containers on Amazon ECS Managed Instances
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Amazon ECS introduces json-file log driver support for ECS Managed Instances and log driver volumes for ECS Managed Daemons, enabling flexible log collection and forwarding.
- Application containers write logs as local files in standard Docker json-file format
- Managed daemons read files through volume mounts without host bind mount paths or root privileges
- One managed daemon per instance collects logs from all application containers using json-file driver
- Logs stored in dedicated directories named with container ID, retained until container removal
- Configure via AWS Console, CLI, API, SDKs, or CloudFormation at no additional cost
- Available in all commercial AWS Regions where ECS Managed Instances are supported
This feature simplifies log collection by enabling native file-based observability agent integration with ECS Managed Instances.
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