To run a task on your default cluster

The following run-task example runs a task on the default cluster.

aws ecs run-task --cluster default --task-definition sleep360:1

Output:

{
    "tasks": [
        {
            "taskArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-ccdef-11111EXAMPLE",
            "overrides": {
                "containerOverrides": [
                    {
                        "name": "sleep"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "lastStatus": "PENDING",
            "containerInstanceArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:container-instance/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-ccdef-22222EXAMPLE",
            "desiredStatus": "RUNNING",
            "taskDefinitionArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/sleep360:1",
            "containers": [
                {
                    "containerArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:container/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-ccdef-33333EXAMPLE",
                    "taskArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-ccdef-11111EXAMPLE",
                    "lastStatus": "PENDING",
                    "name": "sleep"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Running Tasks in the Amazon ECS Developer Guide.