It does exit immediately. Here is the entire stack trace.
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2023-11-21T19:02:38.664Z","log.origin":{"file.name":"beatcmd/beat.go","file.line":139},"message":"Home path: [/usr/share/apm-server] Config path: [/usr/share/apm-server] Data path: [/usr/share/apm-server/data] Logs path: [/usr/share/apm-server/logs]","service.name":"apm-server","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2023-11-21T19:02:38.668Z","log.origin":{"file.name":"beatcmd/beat.go","file.line":146},"message":"Beat ID: dd0023e6-383a-4407-8d1b-12ccec76263c","service.name":"apm-server","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2023-11-21T19:02:38.669Z","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"beatcmd/beat.go","file.line":576},"message":"Beat info","service.name":"apm-server","system_info":{"beat":{"path":{"config":"/usr/share/apm-server","data":"/usr/share/apm-server/data","home":"/usr/share/apm-server","logs":"/usr/share/apm-server/logs"},"type":"apm-server","uuid":"dd0023e6-383a-4407-8d1b-12ccec76263c"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2023-11-21T19:02:38.669Z","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"beatcmd/beat.go","file.line":584},"message":"Build info","service.name":"apm-server","system_info":{"build":{"commit":"825865682816d18b5e66e94949bce8d2f0172044","time":"2023-09-18T17:00:04.000Z","version":"8.10.2"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2023-11-21T19:02:38.669Z","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"beatcmd/beat.go","file.line":587},"message":"Go runtime info","service.name":"apm-server","system_info":{"go":{"os":"linux","arch":"amd64","max_procs":2,"version":"go1.20.7"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2023-11-21T19:02:38.673Z","log.origin":{"file.name":"beatcmd/maxprocs.go","file.line":68},"message":"maxprocs: Leaving GOMAXPROCS=2: CPU quota undefined","service.name":"apm-server","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2023-11-21T19:02:38.677Z","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"beatcmd/beat.go","file.line":591},"message":"Host info","service.name":"apm-server","system_info":{"host":{"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2023-07-17T14:27:47Z","containerized":false,"name":"8d7f6afb7c56","ip":["127.0.0.1/8","172.17.0.8/16"],"kernel_version":"4.14.291-218.527.amzn2.x86_64","mac":["02:42:ac:11:00:08"],"os":{"type":"linux","family":"debian","platform":"ubuntu","name":"Ubuntu","version":"20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa)","major":20,"minor":4,"patch":6,"codename":"focal"},"timezone":"UTC","timezone_offset_sec":0},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2023-11-21T19:02:38.677Z","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"beatcmd/beat.go","file.line":620},"message":"Process info","service.name":"apm-server","system_info":{"process":{"capabilities":{"inheritable":null,"permitted":null,"effective":null,"bounding":["chown","dac_override","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","net_bind_service","net_raw","sys_chroot","mknod","audit_write","setfcap"],"ambient":null},"cwd":"/usr/share/apm-server","exe":"/usr/share/apm-server/apm-server","name":"apm-server","pid":8,"ppid":1,"seccomp":{"mode":"filter","no_new_privs":false},"start_time":"2023-11-21T19:02:37.270Z"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2023-11-21T19:02:38.680Z","log.logger":"config","log.origin":{"file.name":"config/agentconfig.go","file.line":70},"message":"using output.elasticsearch for fetching agent config","service.name":"apm-server","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2023-11-21T19:02:38.683Z","log.origin":{"file.name":"beatcmd/beat.go","file.line":390},"message":"apm-server stopped.","service.name":"apm-server","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
Error: error unpacking output.elasticsearch for fetching agent config: can not convert 'object' into 'string' accessing 'output.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate' (source:'apm-server.yml')
Usage:
apm-server [flags]
apm-server [command]
Available Commands:
apikey Manage API Keys for communication between APM agents and server (deprecated)
export Export current config
help Help about any command
keystore Manage secrets keystore
run Run APM Server
test Test config
version Show current version info
Flags:
-E, --E setting=value Configuration overwrite
-N, --N Disable actual publishing for testing
-c, --c string Configuration file, relative to path.config (default "apm-server.yml")
--cpuprofile string Write cpu profile to file
-d, --d stringArray Enable certain debug selectors
-e, --e Log to stderr and disable syslog/file output
--environment string Set the environment in which the process is running (default "default")
-h, --help help for apm-server
--httpprof string Start pprof http server
--memprofile string Write memory profile to this file
--path.config string Configuration path
--path.data string Data path
--path.home string Home path
--path.logs string Logs path
--strict.perms Strict permission checking on config files (default true)
-v, --v Log at INFO level
Use "apm-server [command] --help" for more information about a command.
The AWS task definition uses secrets from Parameter Store saved as SecureString type. The CA, the CERTIFICATE and the PRIVATE_KEY variables are injected by ECS from Parameter Store. When I run the docker inspect command on the dead container, the values are as expected.