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ImageRecipe - EC2 Image Builder

ImageRecipe

An image recipe.

Contents

additionalInstanceConfiguration

Before you create a new AMI, Image Builder launches temporary Amazon EC2 instances to build and test your image configuration. Instance configuration adds a layer of control over those instances. You can define settings and add scripts to run when an instance is launched from your AMI.

Type: AdditionalInstanceConfiguration object

Required: No

arn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the image recipe.

Type: String

Pattern: ^arn:aws[^:]*:imagebuilder:[^:]+:(?:[0-9]{12}|aws(?:-[a-z-]+)?):(?:image-recipe|container-recipe|infrastructure-configuration|distribution-configuration|component|image|image-pipeline|lifecycle-policy|workflow\/(?:build|test|distribution))/[a-z0-9-_]+(?:/(?:(?:x|[0-9]+)\.(?:x|[0-9]+)\.(?:x|[0-9]+))(?:/[0-9]+)?)?$

Required: No

blockDeviceMappings

The block device mappings to apply when creating images from this recipe.

Type: Array of InstanceBlockDeviceMapping objects

Required: No

components

The components that are included in the image recipe. Recipes require a minimum of one build component, and can have a maximum of 20 build and test components in any combination.

Type: Array of ComponentConfiguration objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item.

Required: No

dateCreated

The date on which this image recipe was created.

Type: String

Required: No

description

The description of the image recipe.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: No

name

The name of the image recipe.

Type: String

Pattern: ^[-_A-Za-z-0-9][-_A-Za-z0-9 ]{1,126}[-_A-Za-z-0-9]$

Required: No

owner

The owner of the image recipe.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: No

parentImage

The base image of the image recipe.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: No

platform

The platform of the image recipe.

Type: String

Valid Values: Windows | Linux | macOS

Required: No

tags

The tags of the image recipe.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Maximum number of 50 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Key Pattern: ^(?!aws:)[a-zA-Z+-=._:/]+$

Value Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Required: No

type

Specifies which type of image is created by the recipe - an AMI or a container image.

Type: String

Valid Values: AMI | DOCKER

Required: No

version

The version of the image recipe.

Type: String

Pattern: ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$

Required: No

workingDirectory

The working directory to be used during build and test workflows.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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