**To update the state of a container instance** The following ``update-container-instances-state`` updates the state of the specified container instance to ``DRAINING`` which will remove it from the cluster is it registered to. :: aws ecs update-container-instances-state \ --container-instances 765936fadbdd46b5991a4bd70c2a43d4 \ --status DRAINING Output:: { "containerInstances": [ { "containerInstanceArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:130757420319:container-instance/default/765936fadbdd46b5991a4bd70c2a43d4", "ec2InstanceId": "i-013d87ffbb4d513bf", "version": 4390, "versionInfo": { "agentVersion": "1.29.0", "agentHash": "a190a73f", "dockerVersion": "DockerVersion:18.06.1-ce" }, "remainingResources": [ { "name": "CPU", "type": "INTEGER", "doubleValue": 0, "longValue": 0, "integerValue": 1536 }, { "name": "MEMORY", "type": "INTEGER", "doubleValue": 0, "longValue": 0, "integerValue": 2681 }, { "name": "PORTS", "type": "STRINGSET", "doubleValue": 0, "longValue": 0, "integerValue": 0, "stringSetValue": [ "22", "2376", "2375", "51678", "51679" ] }, { "name": "PORTS_UDP", "type": "STRINGSET", "doubleValue": 0, "longValue": 0, "integerValue": 0, "stringSetValue": [] } ], "registeredResources": [ { "name": "CPU", "type": "INTEGER", "doubleValue": 0, "longValue": 0, "integerValue": 2048 }, { "name": "MEMORY", "type": "INTEGER", "doubleValue": 0, "longValue": 0, "integerValue": 3705 }, { "name": "PORTS", "type": "STRINGSET", "doubleValue": 0, "longValue": 0, "integerValue": 0, "stringSetValue": [ "22", "2376", "2375", "51678", "51679" ] }, { "name": "PORTS_UDP", "type": "STRINGSET", "doubleValue": 0, "longValue": 0, "integerValue": 0, "stringSetValue": [] } ], "status": "DRAINING", "agentConnected": true, "runningTasksCount": 2, "pendingTasksCount": 0, "attributes": [ { "name": "ecs.capability.secrets.asm.environment-variables" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.branch-cni-plugin-version", "value": "e0703516-" }, { "name": "ecs.ami-id", "value": "ami-00e0090ac21971297" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.secrets.asm.bootstrap.log-driver" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.logging-driver.none" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.ecr-endpoint" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.docker-plugin.local" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.task-cpu-mem-limit" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.secrets.ssm.bootstrap.log-driver" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.30" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.31" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.32" }, { "name": "ecs.availability-zone", "value": "us-west-2c" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.aws-appmesh" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.logging-driver.awslogs" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.24" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.task-eni-trunking" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.25" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.26" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.27" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.28" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.privileged-container" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.29" }, { "name": "ecs.cpu-architecture", "value": "x86_64" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.ecr-auth" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.20" }, { "name": "ecs.os-type", "value": "linux" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.21" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.22" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.task-eia" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.23" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.private-registry-authentication.secretsmanager" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.logging-driver.syslog" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.logging-driver.json-file" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.execution-role-awslogs" }, { "name": "ecs.vpc-id", "value": "vpc-1234" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.17" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.18" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.docker-remote-api.1.19" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.task-eni" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.execution-role-ecr-pull" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.container-health-check" }, { "name": "ecs.subnet-id", "value": "subnet-1234" }, { "name": "ecs.instance-type", "value": "c5.large" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.task-iam-role-network-host" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.container-ordering" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.cni-plugin-version", "value": "91ccefc8-2019.06.0" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.pid-ipc-namespace-sharing" }, { "name": "ecs.capability.secrets.ssm.environment-variables" }, { "name": "com.amazonaws.ecs.capability.task-iam-role" } ], "registeredAt": 1560788724.507, "attachments": [], "tags": [] } ], "failures": [] }