Amazon ECS supports running Firelens as a non-root user

Amazon ECS Firelens Non-Root User Support

Amazon Elastic Container Services (Amazon ECS) now allows you to run Firelens containers as a non-root user by specifying a User ID in your Task Definition. This feature enhances security by reducing the potential attack footprint for users who may gain access to the software.

What to do

• Update your Task Definition to specify a non-root user ID in the "user" field of your Firelens containerDefinition element.
• Review the documentation for more details on setting up your Firelens container to run as non-root.

Source: AWS release notes

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