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Amazon GameLift Servers adds new container fleet improvements

Published
June 18, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-gamelift-servers-container-fleet-improvements

Amazon GameLift Servers Updates

Amazon GameLift Servers now supports two significant container fleet improvements that enhance flexibility and inter-container communication for game server deployments.

New Features

  • Custom Linux Capabilities: Customize Linux capabilities for containers in your container group definitions, providing finer control beyond Docker's default capability set.
  • Inter-Container Communication: Game servers can now call the new ListContainersNetworkInfo() server SDK action to retrieve comprehensive network information, enabling automatic service discovery and simplified communication between game servers and auxiliary services.

What to do

  • Update your container group definitions to utilize custom Linux capabilities.
  • Implement the ListContainersNetworkInfo() action in your game server code to enhance inter-container communication.

Source: AWS release notes




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