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list-task-definitions¶

Description¶

Returns a list of task definitions that are registered to your account. You can filter the results by family name with the familyPrefix parameter or by status with the status parameter.

Synopsis¶

  list-task-definitions
[--family-prefix <value>]
[--status <value>]
[--sort <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options¶

--family-prefix (string)

The full family name to filter the ListTaskDefinitions results with. Specifying a familyPrefix limits the listed task definitions to task definition revisions that belong to that family.

--status (string)

The task definition status to filter the ListTaskDefinitions results with. By default, only ACTIVE task definitions are listed. By setting this parameter to INACTIVE , you can view task definitions that are INACTIVE as long as an active task or service still references them. If you paginate the resulting output, be sure to keep the status value constant in each subsequent request.

Possible values:

ACTIVE

INACTIVE

DELETE_IN_PROGRESS

--sort (string)

The order to sort the results in. Valid values are ASC and DESC . By default, (ASC ) task definitions are listed lexicographically by family name and in ascending numerical order by revision so that the newest task definitions in a family are listed last. Setting this parameter to DESC reverses the sort order on family name and revision. This is so that the newest task definitions in a family are listed first.

Possible values:

ASC

DESC

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command’s output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command’s output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command’s output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options¶

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

json
text
table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

on
off
auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples¶

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

Example 1: To list the registered task definitions

The following list-task-definitions example lists all of the registered task definitions.

aws ecs list-task-definitions

Output:

{
    "taskDefinitionArns": [
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/sleep300:2",
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/sleep360:1",
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/wordpress:3",
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/wordpress:4",
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/wordpress:5",
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/wordpress:6"
    ]
}

Example 2: To list the registered task definitions in a family

The following list-task-definitions example lists the task definition revisions of a specified family.

aws ecs list-task-definitions --family-prefix wordpress

Output:

{
    "taskDefinitionArns": [
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/wordpress:3",
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/wordpress:4",
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/wordpress:5",
        "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/wordpress:6"
    ]
}

For more information, see Amazon ECS Task Definitions in the Amazon ECS Developer Guide.

Output¶

taskDefinitionArns -> (list)

The list of task definition Amazon Resource Name (ARN) entries for the ListTaskDefinitions request.

(string)

nextToken -> (string)

The nextToken value to include in a future ListTaskDefinitions request. When the results of a ListTaskDefinitions request exceed maxResults , this value can be used to retrieve the next page of results. This value is null when there are no more results to return.

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