# ecs-task-definition-pid-mode-check
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Checks if ECSTaskDefinitions are configured to share a host’s process namespace with its Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) containers. The rule is NON\$1COMPLIANT if the pidMode parameter is set to ‘host’. 

**Note**  
This rule only evaluates the latest active revision of an Amazon ECS task definition.

**Identifier:** ECS\$1TASK\$1DEFINITION\$1PID\$1MODE\$1CHECK

**Resource Types:** AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition

**Trigger type:** Configuration changes

**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Asia Pacific (Thailand), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region

**Parameters:**

None  

## AWS CloudFormation template
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To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see [Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates](aws-config-managed-rules-cloudformation-templates.md).