ECS Task definition App Mesh Virtual node name does not get set through console

Question

I am creating a task definition that uses App Mesh. I am trying to set the Virtual name using the console.

The UI clearly shows that I can select the virtual node name.

However, after I create the new revision, if I create a revision off of that, I see that the virtual node name has blanked out.

This is problematic as my container does not pass ELB health checks since the sidecar isn’t behaving properly.

Answer 1

As it turns out, for some reason hitting Create does not apply the virtual node name change.

Once you manually hit apply, the problem goes away.