AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition Secret
An object representing the secret to expose to your container. Secrets can be exposed to a container in the following ways:
-
To inject sensitive data into your containers as environment variables, use the
secrets
container definition parameter. -
To reference sensitive information in the log configuration of a container, use the
secretOptions
container definition parameter.
For more information, see Specifying sensitive data in the Amazon Elastic Container Service Developer Guide.
Syntax
To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:
Properties
Name
-
The name of the secret.
Required: Yes
Type: String
Update requires: Replacement
ValueFrom
-
The secret to expose to the container. The supported values are either the full ARN of the AWS Secrets Manager secret or the full ARN of the parameter in the SSM Parameter Store.
For information about the require AWS Identity and Access Management permissions, see Required IAM permissions for Amazon ECS secrets (for Secrets Manager) or Required IAM permissions for Amazon ECS secrets (for Systems Manager Parameter store) in the Amazon Elastic Container Service Developer Guide.
Note
If the SSM Parameter Store parameter exists in the same Region as the task you're launching, then you can use either the full ARN or name of the parameter. If the parameter exists in a different Region, then the full ARN must be specified.
Required: Yes
Type: String
Update requires: Replacement