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# GameLift Container Fleet

GameLift Container Fleet is an Amazon GameLift resource that allows you to deploy and manage game server workloads in containers. It provides a scalable fleet of containerized compute resources optimized for multiplayer game hosting, enabling flexible deployment, efficient scaling, and simplified operations for game server infrastructure.

```
aws.gamelift_container_fleet
```

## Fields

| Title                                             | ID   | Type          | Data Type                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| _key                                              | core | string        |
| account_id                                        | core | string        |
| billing_type                                      | core | string        | Indicates whether the fleet uses On-Demand or Spot instances for this fleet. Learn more about when to use On-Demand versus Spot Instances. You can't update this fleet property. By default, this property is set to ON_DEMAND.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| creation_time                                     | core | timestamp     | A time stamp indicating when this data object was created. Format is a number expressed in Unix time as milliseconds (for example "1469498468.057").                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| deployment_details                                | core | json          | Information about the most recent deployment for the container fleet.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| description                                       | core | string        | A meaningful description of the container fleet.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| fleet_arn                                         | core | string        | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that is assigned to a Amazon GameLift Servers fleet resource and uniquely identifies it. ARNs are unique across all Regions. Format is arn:aws:gamelift:<region>::fleet/fleet-a1234567-b8c9-0d1e-2fa3-b45c6d7e8912. In a GameLift fleet ARN, the resource ID matches the FleetId value.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| fleet_id                                          | core | string        | A unique identifier for the container fleet to retrieve.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| fleet_role_arn                                    | core | string        | The unique identifier for an Identity and Access Management (IAM) role with permissions to run your containers on resources that are managed by Amazon GameLift Servers. See Set up an IAM service role. This fleet property can't be changed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| game_server_container_group_definition_arn        | core | string        | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that is assigned to the fleet's game server container group. The ARN value also identifies the specific container group definition version in use.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| game_server_container_group_definition_name       | core | string        | The name of the fleet's game server container group definition, which describes how to deploy containers with your game server build and support software onto each fleet instance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| game_server_container_groups_per_instance         | core | int64         | The number of times to replicate the game server container group on each fleet instance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| game_session_creation_limit_policy                | core | json          | A policy that limits the number of game sessions that each individual player can create on instances in this fleet. The limit applies for a specified span of time.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| instance_connection_port_range                    | core | json          | The set of port numbers to open on each instance in a container fleet. Connection ports are used by inbound traffic to connect with processes that are running in containers on the fleet.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| instance_inbound_permissions                      | core | json          | The IP address ranges and port settings that allow inbound traffic to access game server processes and other processes on this fleet.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| instance_type                                     | core | string        | The Amazon EC2 instance type to use for all instances in the fleet. Instance type determines the computing resources and processing power that's available to host your game servers. This includes including CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacity. You can't update this fleet property.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| location_attributes                               | core | json          | Information about the container fleet's remote locations where fleet instances are deployed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| log_configuration                                 | core | json          | The method that is used to collect container logs for the fleet. Amazon GameLift Servers saves all standard output for each container in logs, including game session logs. CLOUDWATCH -- Send logs to an Amazon CloudWatch log group that you define. Each container emits a log stream, which is organized in the log group. S3 -- Store logs in an Amazon S3 bucket that you define. NONE -- Don't collect container logs.                                                                                  |
| maximum_game_server_container_groups_per_instance | core | int64         | The calculated maximum number of game server container group that can be deployed on each fleet instance. The calculation depends on the resource needs of the container group and the CPU and memory resources of the fleet's instance type.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| metric_groups                                     | core | array<string> | The name of an Amazon Web Services CloudWatch metric group to add this fleet to. Metric groups aggregate metrics for multiple fleets.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| new_game_session_protection_policy                | core | string        | Determines whether Amazon GameLift Servers can shut down game sessions on the fleet that are actively running and hosting players. Amazon GameLift Servers might prompt an instance shutdown when scaling down fleet capacity or when retiring unhealthy instances. You can also set game session protection for individual game sessions using UpdateGameSession. NoProtection -- Game sessions can be shut down during active gameplay. FullProtection -- Game sessions in ACTIVE status can't be shut down. |
| per_instance_container_group_definition_arn       | core | string        | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that is assigned to the fleet's per-instance container group. The ARN value also identifies the specific container group definition version in use.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| per_instance_container_group_definition_name      | core | string        | The name of the fleet's per-instance container group definition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| status                                            | core | string        | The current status of the container fleet. PENDING -- A new container fleet has been requested. CREATING -- A new container fleet resource is being created. CREATED -- A new container fleet resource has been created. No fleet instances have been deployed. ACTIVATING -- New container fleet instances are being deployed. ACTIVE -- The container fleet has been deployed and is ready to host game sessions. UPDATING -- Updates to the container fleet is being updated. A deployment is in progress.  |
| tags                                              | core | hstore_csv    |