Create an AWS RAM resource share for your Image Builder resources - EC2 Image Builder

Create an AWS RAM resource share for your Image Builder resources

To share an Image Builder component, image, or recipe, you must add it to an AWS Resource Access Manager resource share. The resource share specifies the resources to share and the consumers with whom they are shared.

The following options are available for sharing your resources.

Option 1: Create a RAM resource share

When you create a RAM resource share, you can share a component, image, or recipe that you own in a single step. Use one of the following methods to create your resource share:

Option 2: Apply a resource policy and promote to an existing resource share

The second option for sharing your resources involves two steps, running commands in the AWS CLI for both. The first step uses Image Builder commands in the AWS CLI to apply resource-based policies to the shared resource. The second step promotes the resource to a RAM resource share using the promote-resource-share-created-from-policy AWS RAM command in the AWS CLI to ensure that the resource is visible to all principals with whom you've shared it.

  1. Apply the resource policy

    To successfully apply the resource policy, you must ensure that the account with which you are sharing has permission to access any underlying resources.

    Choose the tab that matches your resource type for the applicable command.

    Image

    You can apply a resource policy to an image, to allow others to use it as the base image in their recipes.

    Run the put-image-policy Image Builder command in the AWS CLI, to identify the AWS principals to share the image with.

    aws imagebuilder put-image-policy --image-arn arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:image/my-example-image/2019.12.03/1 --policy '{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Principal": { "AWS": [ "123456789012" ] }, "Action": ["imagebuilder:GetImage", "imagebuilder:ListImages"], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:image/my-example-image/2019.12.03/1" ] } ] }'
    Component

    You can apply a resource policy to a build or test component to enable cross-account sharing. This command gives other accounts permission to use your component in their recipes. To successfully apply the resource policy, you must ensure that the account with which you are sharing has permission to access any resources referenced by the shared component, such as files hosted on private repositories.

    Run the put-component-policy Image Builder command in the AWS CLI, to identify the AWS principals to share the component with.

    aws imagebuilder put-component-policy --component-arn arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:component/my-example-component/2019.12.03/1 --policy '{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Principal": { "AWS": [ "123456789012" ] }, "Action": [ "imagebuilder:GetComponent", "imagebuilder:ListComponents" ], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:component/my-example-component/2019.12.03/1" ] } ] }'
    Image recipe

    You can apply a resource policy to an image recipe to enable cross-account sharing. This command gives other accounts permission to use your recipe to create images in their accounts. To successfully apply the resource policy, you must ensure that the account with which you are sharing has permission to access any resources that the recipe references, such as the base image, or selected components.

    Run the put-image-recipe-policy Image Builder command in the AWS CLI, to identify the AWS principals to share the image with.

    aws imagebuilder put-image-recipe-policy --image-recipe-arn arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:image-recipe/my-example-image-recipe/2019.12.03 --policy '{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Principal": { "AWS": [ "123456789012" ] }, "Action": [ "imagebuilder:GetImageRecipe", "imagebuilder:ListImageRecipes" ], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:image-recipe/my-example-image-recipe/2019.12.03" ] } ] }'
    Container recipe

    You can apply a resource policy to a container recipe to enable cross-account sharing. This command gives other accounts permission to use your recipe to create images in their accounts. To successfully apply the resource policy, you must ensure that the account with which you are sharing has permission to access any resources that the recipe references, such as the base image, or selected components.

    Run the put-container-recipe-policy Image Builder command in the AWS CLI, to identify the AWS principals to share the image with.

    aws imagebuilder put-container-recipe-policy --container-recipe-arn arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:container-recipe/my-example-container-recipe/2021.12.03 --policy '{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Principal": { "AWS": [ "123456789012" ] }, "Action": [ "imagebuilder:GetContainerRecipe", "imagebuilder:ListContainerRecipes" ], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:container-recipe/my-example-container-recipe/2021.12.03" ] } ] }'
    Note

    To set the correct policies for sharing and unsharing a resource, the resource owner must have imagebuilder:put* permissions.

  2. Promote as a RAM resource share

    To ensure that the resource is visible to all principals with whom you've shared it, run the promote-resource-share-created-from-policy AWS RAM command in the AWS CLI.