Issue/Clarification on "copilot env show" and "copilot job ls" commands

[tsingh2k15]

I am using copilot for services and jobs. I need to check if a copilot job exists in an environment but it seems like there is no support in the existing commands which would allow me to do this. I need more guidance here.

Scenario:
I am trying to deploy two copilot jobs with in same AWS account. This account will have two environments(ECS clusters). Each job will be associated to a different ECS cluster. In my CI/CD pipeline, I need to check if a job already exists in a given environment and create it if it does not exist.

Problem:
I could not achieve this while using copilot env show command as it does not list the jobs for a given environment.
I could not achieve this while using copilot job ls command as it does not support the environment filter.

Please share your thoughts on this. Below is the error I get when try to init the job in the same AWS account but in a different environment(ECS cluster), it says that the job already exists which is true but I intend to create the job in different ECS cluster(environment). Please let me know if this is not clear, I can add more information if needed.

copilot job init --name some-job --job-type 'Scheduled Job' --dockerfile ./Dockerfile_some-job

It seems like you are trying to init a job that already exists.
To recreate the job, please run:

copilot job delete --name some-job

To me, it appears that job commands do not support the notion of environment? Looking at the manifest, it seems to be supported there. https://aws.github.io/copilot-cli/docs/manifest/scheduled-job/

[iamhopaul123]

Hello @tsingh2k15. That's a great finding! We do need such kind of enhancement to allow users to use env show to find out deployed jobs. Opened a new issue for tracking this: #3237

[tsingh2k15]

thanks @iamhopaul123
I look forward to using this enhancement.

[tsingh2k15]

@iamhopaul123
On related note, is there a way to turn off the scheduled job via manifest? https://aws.github.io/copilot-cli/docs/manifest/scheduled-job/

I see an option at console UI. I know I can turn it off indirectly by setting the cron or rate to very high interval, but was wondering if I can just say something like "off" or "disable" in the manifest and then turn in on as needed.

[iamhopaul123]

Sorry we don't have an actual way to turn it off. Our recommendation for now would be setting the past date so that it won't be triggered. See more discussion here. Let me know if you have any suggestion!