QueueProcessingFargateService currently does not offer healthCheck options property, even though it is very simple to add it here:

So, there is no good way to set a healthCheck on a container.

Use Case

I use healthcheck to make sure the tasks are healthy. Fargate ignores HEALTHCHECK instruction in Dockerfile, so I am forced to supply the healthCheck instruction via CDK. However, QueueProcessingFargateService does not let me.

Proposed Solution

Add a healthcheck property here:

Pass it to the container here:

Workaround

This is not nice, but works.

// @ts-ignore
service.taskDefinition.defaultContainer!.props.healthCheck = <ecs.HealthCheck>{
    command: ['CMD', 'node /app/healthcheck.js'],
    interval: cdk.Duration.seconds(15),
    retries: 3,
    timeout: cdk.Duration.seconds(5),
};

This is a 🚀 Feature Request