Published by Sajeban Antonyrex (Senior Software Engineer of Telehealth Core)

This article dives into how to create an effective alert system for monitoring AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) task terminations. Whether you’re managing critical applications or ensuring the smooth operation of your services, it’s important to stay informed about the status of your ECS tasks. Utilizing the capabilities of AWS Lambda in conjunction with Simple Email Service (SES), we can develop a serverless solution to automatically sends notifications whenever an ECS task stops. This guide will provide you with a step-by-step approach, from setting up to writing and deploying a Lambda function, ensuring you’re promptly alerted in the event of task terminations.

Link to the original article: https://awstip.com/build-an-alert-system-for-monitoring-aws-ecs-task-termination-6b46fd3848eb