# \[20170321123755\] Improved visibility with ECS Events

**URL:** <https://community.convox.com/t/20170321123755-improved-visibility-with-ecs-events/283>\
**Category:** Releases\
**Created:** [March 21, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/20170321123755-improved-visibility-with-ecs-events/283 "2017-03-21T12:37:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/20170321123755-improved-visibility-with-ecs-events/283/1 "2017-03-21T12:37:17Z")

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## ECS Events

With this update, we improve rack and app visibility by including ECS events into the app logs.  
Running `convox logs --filter=ECS` gives you the ability to see:

```auto
2017-03-20T18:08:11Z [ECS] service="dev-httpd-ServiceWeb-1274TTQ2F7LR0" task="ef76746b-1fcd-4185-a74f-1234567" status="PENDING" container="web"
2017-03-20T18:08:12Z [ECS] service="dev-httpd-ServiceWeb-1274TTQ2F7LR0" task="ef76746b-1fcd-4185-a74f-1234567" status="RUNNING" container="web"
2017-03-20T18:08:12Z [ECS] event="service dev-httpd-ServiceWeb-1274TTQ2F7LR0 has started 1 tasks: task ef76746b-1fcd-4185-a74f-1234567."
2017-03-20T18:08:12Z [ECS] service="dev-httpd-ServiceWeb-1274TTQ2F7LR0" task="ef76746b-1fcd-4185-a74f-1234567" status="PENDING" container="web"
2017-03-20T18:18:16Z [ECS] event="service dev-httpd-ServiceWeb-1274TTQ2F7LR0 has started 1 tasks: task ef76746b-1fcd-4185-a74f-1234567."
2017-03-20T18:18:16Z [ECS] event="service dev-httpd-ServiceWeb-1274TTQ2F7LR0 registered 1 instances in elb httpd-web-SJ6R77B"
2017-03-20T18:18:16Z [ECS] event="service dev-httpd-ServiceWeb-1274TTQ2F7LR0 has reached a steady state."
2017-03-20T18:18:30Z [ECS] service="dev-httpd-ServiceWeb-1274TTQ2F7LR0" task="3fd0ff97-5e4e-4271-a705-1234567" status="PENDING" container="web"
2017-03-20T18:18:30Z [ECS] event="service dev-httpd-ServiceWeb-1274TTQ2F7LR0 has started 1 tasks: task 3fd0ff97-5e4e-4271-a705-1234567."

```

This gives you direct insight into what is happening with app process and help debug process that fail to start up.

For more information: [#2054](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2054) Ecs event logs [[@MiguelMoll](https://github.com/MiguelMoll)]

## EBS Encryption

Rack now has the ability to enable EBS encryption via a rack parameter:

`convox rack params set EncryptEbs=Yes`

With this parameter enabled, overall rack security increases via [encrypted volumes](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSEncryption.html).

It’s currently disabled to let users update existing racks and configure it as needed. But the plan is to enable it by default in a future release.

For more information: [#2068](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2068) Parameterize ebs encryption [[@mattmanning](https://github.com/mattmanning)]

## Other improvements include:

- [#2050](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2050) Use CONVOX\_DEBUG rather than DEBUG [[@soulshake](https://github.com/soulshake)]
- [#2060](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2060) delete acm certs [[@MiguelMoll](https://github.com/MiguelMoll)]
- [#2063](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2063) clarify ‘convox rack releases’ help text [[@soulshake](https://github.com/soulshake)]
- [#2064](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2064) bash completion script [[@soulshake](https://github.com/soulshake)]
- [#2065](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2065) Prevent a panic if no host config is found with a nicer error message[[@MiguelMoll](https://github.com/MiguelMoll)]
- [#2066](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2066) Listing processes use a cache to prevent throttling [[@MiguelMoll](https://github.com/MiguelMoll)]
- [#2069](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2069) build instance support for run and boot command [[@MiguelMoll](https://github.com/MiguelMoll)]