install-ecs-plugin.sh

#!/bin/sh

if ! command -v curl &> /dev/null
then
    echo "We'll need curl which could not be found"
    exit
fi

if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null
then
    echo "We'll need jq which could not be found"
    exit
fi

curl -LO https://github.com/docker/ecs-plugin/releases/latest/download/docker-ecs-linux-amd64
chmod +x docker-ecs-linux-amd64

mkdir ~/.docker/cli-plugins

mv docker-ecs-linux-amd64 ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-ecs

cat ~/.docker/config.json | jq '. + {experimental: "enabled"}' > ~/.docker/config.json2; mv -f ~/.docker/config.json{2,}

You can run this via curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/metcalfc/b05847339b711d0d55acd6f47aab2333/raw/f03c98d63057521dbeba62e1a80d78197477f42d/install-ecs-plugin.sh | bash If you're the live dangerously type.

Just remember that you've done this. When dokcer-ecs is shipped by docker you might shadow it with this copy.