Why does Amazon ECS launch tasks when trying to launch containers

Question

So, I know that Amazon ECS is a container management service. But I want to why ECS launches tasks when i try to launch containers? What benefit do they offer?

Answer 1

Docker encourages you to split your applications up into their individual components, and Elastic Container Service is optimized for this pattern. Tasks allow you to define a set of containers that you would like to be placed together (or part of the same placement decision), their properties, and how they may be linked. Tasks include all the information that Amazon ECS needs to make the placement decision. To launch a single container, your Task Definition should only include one container definition.