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Can we mount EFS on AWS ECS docker container?

I have an ECS instance on which my docker containers are running. I want to mount EFS on docker container which is running on ECS. Is it possible then how?

I am able to mount EFS on ECS instance but not on docker container which is running on ECS.

EFS is with direct connect & able to telnet it on 2049 port from docker.

mount -t nfs4 -o nfsvers=4.1,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,hard,timeo=600,retrans=2 X.X.X.X:/ /efs

Error is :- mount.nfs4: Operation not permitted

Solution

  • It should part of your task definition, you need to add the volumes in the task definition and then refer it in the source volume option, here is a tutorial from AWS.

    https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/using-amazon-efs-to-persist-data-from-amazon-ecs-containers/ 

      "volumes": [
    {
      "name": "efs",
      "host": {
        "sourcePath": "/mnt/efs/mysql"
      }
    }
  ]