# Install ecs-deploy with Homebrew CLI tool to simplify Amazon ECS deployments, rollbacks & scaling. Version 1.16.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-09. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ecs-deploy ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ecs-deploy ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ecs-deploy - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.16.3 - **Source summary:** CLI tool to simplify Amazon ECS deployments, rollbacks & scaling - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-09T13:14:27Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ecs (cli) - ecs (alias) ## Dependencies - certifi - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.16.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-09 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/fabfuel/ecs-deploy - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage ecs-deploy is a Python CLI for common Amazon ECS service operations: deploy, redeploy, scale, run one-off tasks, update task definitions, and update scheduled tasks. Its history is mostly a pragmatic DevOps story rather than a large ecosystem story. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in February 2016, during the early period when teams were standardizing Docker deployments on Amazon ECS and needed repeatable command-line workflows around task definitions and services. The README describes the project as a convenience CLI for complex ECS actions that are executed often. The release history shows steady feature accretion around real deployment needs: Docker Hub images, task-wide CPU and memory limits, environment files, Docker tags, and multi-account usage. ### Adoption history The README documents installation through PyPI with `pip install ecs-deploy`, Homebrew with `brew install ecs-deploy`, and Docker images beginning with version 1.7.1. That multi-channel distribution is the clearest primary evidence of adoption beyond a source checkout. The project remains active in 2026 according to repository metadata, but official sources do not provide enough evidence to make broad adoption claims beyond its AWS ECS deployment niche. ### How it is used Typical use is operational: `ecs deploy` updates or redeploys a service, `ecs scale` changes desired task count, `ecs run` starts one-off tasks, `ecs update` creates revised task definitions, and `ecs cron` updates scheduled tasks. Configuration follows boto3 and AWS CLI conventions. The README points users to AWS credential configuration, `aws configure`, explicit access-key options, or named AWS profiles. ### Why package nerds care ecs-deploy is the kind of small package-manager tool that exists because cloud CLIs are too general for one repeated deployment workflow. It wraps AWS ECS primitives into a narrower, scriptable surface for release automation. It is also a useful packaging example for Python DevOps CLIs: PyPI is the upstream install path, Homebrew serves workstation users, and Docker images serve users who do not want a local Python environment. ### Timeline - 2016-02: GitHub repository created. - 2020-08: Release 1.10.2 used in README Docker examples. - 2021-08: Release 1.12.0 adds environment-file, Docker tag, and flag-related features. - 2022-04: Release 1.13.0 covers task-wide CPU and memory limits and Docker Hub images. - 2022-11: Release 1.14.0 adds multi-account usage. ### Related projects - Amazon ECS is the managed container service ecs-deploy automates. - boto3 is the AWS Python library that supplies its credential and configuration behavior. - AWS CLI configuration files are reused for credentials and profiles. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ecs-deploy. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.aws/config ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.aws/credentials ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ecs-deploy - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [amazon-ecs-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amazon-ecs-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, ecs. - [aws-elasticbeanstalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-elasticbeanstalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, deployment. - [ko](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ko/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, deployment. - [ansible-builder](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansible-builder/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers. - [bosh-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bosh-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, deployment. - [colima](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colima/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers. - [container](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/container/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers. - [container-canary](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/container-canary/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers. - [aws-google-auth](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-google-auth/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: aws, certifi, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-sso-util](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-sso-util/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: aws, certifi, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ecs-deploy.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ecs-deploy.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph