diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
index a85ad43256..c1c8286894 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Make ecs and beanstalk resource detector silent when loaded outside AWS
+  ([#3076](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3076))
 - Make EKS resource detector don't warn when not running in EKS
   ([#3074](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3074))
 
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/beanstalk.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/beanstalk.py
index 7d6fcd96ce..12e28bf35b 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/beanstalk.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/beanstalk.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ def detect(self) -> "Resource":
         else:
             conf_file_path = "/var/elasticbeanstalk/xray/environment.conf"
 
+        if not os.path.exists(conf_file_path):
+            return Resource.get_empty()
+
         try:
             with open(conf_file_path, encoding="utf-8") as conf_file:
                 parsed_data = json.load(conf_file)
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/ecs.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/ecs.py
index b780633b69..07d4553350 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/ecs.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/ecs.py
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ def detect(self) -> "Resource":
             if not os.environ.get(
                 "ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI"
             ) and not os.environ.get("ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4"):
-                raise RuntimeError(
-                    "Missing ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI therefore process is not on ECS."
-                )
+                return Resource.get_empty()
 
             container_id = ""
             try:
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_beanstalk.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_beanstalk.py
index 29db8e459c..d41c0d9adb 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_beanstalk.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_beanstalk.py
@@ -41,9 +41,19 @@ class AwsBeanstalkResourceDetectorTest(unittest.TestCase):
         new_callable=mock_open,
         read_data=f'{{"deployment_id":"{MockBeanstalkResourceAttributes[ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_INSTANCE_ID]}","environment_name":"{MockBeanstalkResourceAttributes[ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAMESPACE]}","version_label":"{MockBeanstalkResourceAttributes[ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_VERSION]}"}}',
     )
-    def test_simple_create(self, mock_open_function):
+    @patch("os.path.exists", return_value=True)
+    def test_simple_create(self, mock_path_exists, mock_open_function):
         actual = AwsBeanstalkResourceDetector().detect()
         self.assertDictEqual(
             actual.attributes.copy(),
             OrderedDict(MockBeanstalkResourceAttributes),
         )
+
+    @patch("os.name", "posix")
+    @patch("os.path.exists", return_value=False)
+    def test_not_on_beanstalk(self, mock_path_exists):
+        actual = AwsBeanstalkResourceDetector().detect()
+        self.assertDictEqual(actual.attributes.copy(), {})
+        mock_path_exists.assert_called_once_with(
+            "/var/elasticbeanstalk/xray/environment.conf"
+        )
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_ecs.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_ecs.py
index 4f892cc1bb..b116ae8229 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_ecs.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_ecs.py
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ def _http_get_function_fargate(url: str, *args, **kwargs) -> str:
 
 
 class AwsEcsResourceDetectorTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    @patch.dict("os.environ", {}, clear=True)
+    def test_not_on_ecs(self):
+        actual = AwsEcsResourceDetector().detect()
+        self.assertDictEqual(actual.attributes.copy(), {})
+
     @patch.dict(
         "os.environ",
         {"ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI": "mock-uri"},