Installing ECS CLI

To install ECS CLI on PowerShell, first run PowerShell as an administrator by right-clicking on Windows PowerShell and selecting Run as administrator:

  1. Subsequently, run the following command to create a new item of type directory at the specified path:
New-Item -ItemType "directory" -Path "C:\Program Files\Amazon\ECSCLI"
  1. Download and install ecs-cli ecs-cli-windows-amd64-latest.exe to application ecs-cli.exe in directory C:\Program Files\Amazon\ECSCLI\.
Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile ‘C:\Program Files\Amazon\ECSCLI\ecs-cli.exe’ https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazon-ecs-cli/ecs-cli-windows-amd64-latest.exe
  1. Add C:\Program Files\Amazon\ECSCLI to the PATH environment variable. Output the ecs-cli version:
ecs-cli --version

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