[SOLVED] Can we mount EFS on AWS ECS docker container?

Issue

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"
      }
    }
  ]

Answered By - Sudharsan Sivasankaran

Answer Checked By - Willingham (WPSolving Volunteer)