Posted On: Sep 18, 2023
Bottlerocket, a Linux-based operating system that is purpose built to host container workloads, announced a new ECS-optimized AMI featuring version 6.1 of the Linux kernel. Customers using Bottlerocket with Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) can now benefit from additional features offered in this new AMI as well as the option to specify the needed Bottlerocket AMIs directly from the Amazon ECS console.
In addition to the new kernel, the new Bottlerocket AMI includes a set of new features to enhance security (Secure Boot to ensure that every binary executed during boot has been signed) and improve resource management (support for cgroups v2 and support for specifying kernel command line parameters). The AMIs also support all the features added to Bottlerocket since May 2023, such as AppMesh, ECS Exec, and use of XFS for data partition.
Now, customers can also select a wider variety of Bottlerocket AMIs directly from the ECS console. The available options include Bottlerocket x86_64, Bottlerocket arm64, Bottlerocket GPU x86_64, Bottlerocket GPU arm64. Please refer to the ECS documentation for more details about Bottlerocket AMIs for ECS.
You can learn more about Bottlerocket by visiting the AWS product page and the Bottlerocket GitHub repository. For support, please contact the Bottlerocket team through your designated AWS representative or by opening a new issue on GitHub.