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Returns a list of tasks. You can filter the results by cluster, task definition family, container instance, launch type, what IAM principal started the task, or by the desired status of the task.
Recently stopped tasks might appear in the returned results.
See also: AWS API Documentation
list-tasks
is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data set of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate
argument.
When using --output text
and the --query
argument on a paginated response, the --query
argument must extract data from the results of the following query expressions: taskArns
list-tasks
[--cluster <value>]
[--container-instance <value>]
[--family <value>]
[--started-by <value>]
[--service-name <value>]
[--desired-status <value>]
[--launch-type <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
--cluster
(string)
The short name or full Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the cluster to use when filtering theListTasks
results. If you do not specify a cluster, the default cluster is assumed.
--container-instance
(string)
The container instance ID or full ARN of the container instance to use when filtering theListTasks
results. Specifying acontainerInstance
limits the results to tasks that belong to that container instance.
--family
(string)
The name of the task definition family to use when filtering theListTasks
results. Specifying afamily
limits the results to tasks that belong to that family.
--started-by
(string)
The
startedBy
value to filter the task results with. Specifying astartedBy
value limits the results to tasks that were started with that value.When you specify
startedBy
as the filter, it must be the only filter that you use.
--service-name
(string)
The name of the service to use when filtering theListTasks
results. Specifying aserviceName
limits the results to tasks that belong to that service.
--desired-status
(string)
The task desired status to use when filtering the
ListTasks
results. Specifying adesiredStatus
ofSTOPPED
limits the results to tasks that Amazon ECS has set the desired status toSTOPPED
. This can be useful for debugging tasks that aren't starting properly or have died or finished. The default status filter isRUNNING
, which shows tasks that Amazon ECS has set the desired status toRUNNING
.Note
Although you can filter results based on a desired status ofPENDING
, this doesn't return any results. Amazon ECS never sets the desired status of a task to that value (only a task'slastStatus
may have a value ofPENDING
).Possible values:
RUNNING
PENDING
STOPPED
--launch-type
(string)
The launch type to use when filtering the
ListTasks
results.Possible values:
EC2
FARGATE
EXTERNAL
--cli-input-json
(string)
Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton
. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.
--starting-token
(string)
A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the
NextToken
from a previously truncated response.For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .
--page-size
(integer)
The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command's output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.
For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .
--max-items
(integer)
The total number of items to return in the command's output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a
NextToken
is provided in the command's output. To resume pagination, provide theNextToken
value in thestarting-token
argument of a subsequent command. Do not use theNextToken
response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .
--generate-cli-skeleton
(string)
Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input
, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json
. If provided with the value output
, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
--debug
(boolean)
Turn on debug logging.
--endpoint-url
(string)
Override command's default URL with the given URL.
--no-verify-ssl
(boolean)
By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.
--no-paginate
(boolean)
Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
--output
(string)
The formatting style for command output.
--query
(string)
A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.
--profile
(string)
Use a specific profile from your credential file.
--region
(string)
The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.
--version
(string)
Display the version of this tool.
--color
(string)
Turn on/off color output.
--no-sign-request
(boolean)
Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.
--ca-bundle
(string)
The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.
--cli-read-timeout
(int)
The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-connect-timeout
(int)
The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.
Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .
Example 1: To list the tasks in a cluster
The following list-tasks
example lists all of the tasks in a cluster.
aws ecs list-tasks --cluster default
Output:
{
"taskArns": [
"arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-11111EXAMPLE",
"arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-22222EXAMPLE"
]
}
Example 2: To list the tasks on a particular container instance
The following list-tasks
example lists the tasks on a container instance, using the container instance UUID as a filter.
aws ecs list-tasks --cluster default --container-instance a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-33333EXAMPLE
Output:
{
"taskArns": [
"arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-44444EXAMPLE"
]
}
For more information, see Amazon ECS Task Definitions in the Amazon ECS Developer Guide.
taskArns -> (list)
The list of task ARN entries for the
ListTasks
request.(string)
nextToken -> (string)
ThenextToken
value to include in a futureListTasks
request. When the results of aListTasks
request exceedmaxResults
, this value can be used to retrieve the next page of results. This value isnull
when there are no more results to return.