A simple script to convert ecs tasks to docker-compose for better understanding.

ecs2compose

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# This is a free to use, free to restribute,
# free to fork and free to edit software.
#
# No responsibility is granted for its use
#
# Contributors:
# - Evangelos Pappas <epappas@evalonlabs.com>
#
# Enjoy!

set -euo pipefail

PROFILE=""
REGION=""
TASK=""

for i in "$@"; do
case $i in
    help)
    echo "ecs2compose [--profile=name] [--region=name] <task_name>"
    exit 0
    ;;
    --debug)
    set -x
    shift
    ;;
    -p=*|--profile=*)
    PROFILE="--profile ${i#*=}"
    shift
    ;;
    -r=*|--region=*)
    REGION="--region ${i#*=}"
    shift
    ;;
    *)
    TASK="${i}"
    ;;
esac
done

aws ecs describe-task-definition \
  --task-definition ${TASK} \
  --query taskDefinition \
  ${PROFILE} ${REGION} | \
  docker run --rm -i micahhausler/container-transform \
  --input-type ecs --output-type compose