Docker Compose

services

Property Name

Supported

Note/Extras

Replaced By

Reference

build

N

cap_add

Y

cap_drop

Y

command

Y

configs

N

cgroup_parent

N

container_name

Y

credential_spec

N

deploy

Y

devices

N

depends_on

Y

dns

N

dns_search

N

domainname

N

tmpfs

N

entrypoint

Y

env_file

Y

environment

Y

expose

Y

When expose and ports set the same target port, ports takes precedence.

external_links

N

extra_hosts

N

group_add

N

healthcheck

Y

hostname

Y

Used strategically when appropriateReplaced mostly by

ecs.task.family.hostname

image

Y

x-aws-pull_policy supported

isolation

N

labels

Y

links

Y

Ignored when using AWS Fargate Generally not recommended with ECS at scale

logging

Y

network_mode

N

Always awsvpc with Fargate awsvpc default for EC2 Bridge default for ECS Anywhere

networks

Y

pid

N

ports

Y

long and short syntax always awsvpc

secrets

Y

x-secrets

security_opt

N

stop_grace_period

N

stop_signal

N

Incompatible with AWS ECS

sysctls

Y

Ignored when using AWS Fargate

ulimits

Y

only nofile for Fargate

userns_mode

N

Incompatible with AWS ECS

volumes

Y

x-efs and nfs autodetect

restart

N

Incompatible with AWS ECS

shm_size

Y

Ignored when using AWS Fargate

read_only

Y

working_dir

Y

deploy

Tip

See services.x-scaling and services.deploy for more scaling settings. See labels for more details on combining services into a single task definition

Hint

Not all ulimits are supported in AWS Fargate. ECS Compose-X Will automatically deactivate the ones not supported.

Tip

user expects the format uid:gid to use, users and group names aren’t supported.

volumes

Property Name

Supported

Notes/Extras

Replaced By

Reference

driver

Y

nfs autodetect for NFS with AWS EFS

driver_opts

Y

supports ecs-plugin definition

driver_opts.type

Y

override to bind for Fargate

driver_opts.o

N

driver.name

Y

efs/nfs autodetect for NFS with AWS EFS

labels

N

external

Auto defines x-efs.use

name

Y

Auto defines

network

Supported with mapping of AWS VPC & Subnets.

Hint

However DNS features are not supported, you can define a number of DNS Settings for your deployment. See dns_reference_syntax