Memory Metric from ECS Fargate

Question

Hello guys,

Is there a way to view the memory metrics from a task on ECS Fargate ?

I know through Container Insights, but I'd like to find another method.

thanks!

Accepted Answer

You can try a sidercar deploy to collect metrics using the CloudWatch Agent.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/deploy_servicelens_CloudWatch_agent_deploy_ECS.html
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Agent-Configuration-File-Details.html

Also test the metadata endpoint for usefully information.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task-metadata-endpoint-v4.html

Answer

Hello,

One alternative is use AWS Exec [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ecs-exec.html]() to get a container on the shell and run 
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 or a similar command to view memory. Alternatively, you could install a container sidecar with memory metric monitoring capabilities like New Relic.

Feel free to ask a follow-up if the above doesn't make sense!

Memory Metric from ECS Fargate

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