ecs-task-definition-nonroot-user

Checks if ECSTaskDefinitions specify a user for Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) EC2 launch type containers to run on. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the ‘user’ parameter is not present or set to ‘root’.

Note

This rule only evaluates the latest active revision of an Amazon ECS task definition.

Identifier: ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_NONROOT_USER

Resource Types: AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition

Trigger type: Configuration changes

AWS Region: All supported AWS regions except China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Middle East (UAE), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Israel (Tel Aviv), Europe (Spain), China (Ningxia), Europe (Zurich) Region

Parameters:

None

AWS CloudFormation template

To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates.