--- title: Container Debugging Gets Much Harder Once SSH Stops... description: Debugging containers in serverless environments like AWS Fargate is fundamentally different from traditional SSH-based server access. ECS Exec provides a way... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/container-debugging-gets-much-harder-once-ssh-stops-being-an-option-rckdy6hdy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Container Debugging Gets Much Harder Once SSH Stops Being an Option | daily.dev og:description: Debugging containers in serverless environments like AWS Fargate is fundamentally different from traditional SSH-based server access. ECS Exec provides a way... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/container-debugging-gets-much-harder-once-ssh-stops-being-an-option-rckdy6hdy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Rckdy6hDy.png og:image:alt: Container Debugging Gets Much Harder Once SSH Stops Being an Option og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Container Debugging Gets Much Harder Once SSH Stops Being an Option **[Divyansh](https://daily.dev/sources/jmq4qarkte7zpursprrzm)** · [@divyansh30](https://daily.dev/divyansh30) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Debugging containers in serverless environments like AWS Fargate is fundamentally different from traditional SSH-based server access. ECS Exec provides a way to access running Fargate containers for production troubleshooting without compromising platform security. A linked walkthrough covers how to set up ECS Exec using Terraform to enable this operational visibility. ## Content Debugging infrastructure is usually straightforward when you can log into a server. Containers change that. Especially in serverless container environments where there's no host to SSH into and production troubleshooting looks very different from traditional infrastructure. Everything works until something unexpected happens. An application behaves differently in production. A process crashes. Logs don't tell the full story. That's usually when teams start looking for safe ways to inspect running containers without changing how the platform operates. The challenge isn't getting access. It's getting the right level of operational visibility without introducing unnecessary complexity or security risks. A lot of teams still discover these capabilities only after a production issue forces them to. I found this walkthrough useful because it explains how ECS Exec can be used to access Fargate containers and how Terraform can be used to manage the setup: [https://www.kubeblogs.com/use-ecs-exec-to-access-fargate-containers-with-terraform/](https://www.kubeblogs.com/use-ecs-exec-to-access-fargate-containers-with-terraform/) --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#terraform](https://daily.dev/tags/terraform) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/container-debugging-gets-much-harder-once-ssh-stops-being-an-option-rckdy6hdy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/container-debugging-gets-much-harder-once-ssh-stops-being-an-option-rckdy6hdy","headline":"Container Debugging Gets Much Harder Once SSH Stops Being an Option","text":"Debugging containers in serverless environments like AWS Fargate is fundamentally different from traditional SSH-based server access. 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