Amazon EC2 Image Builder · JSON Structure

Ec2 Image Builder Image Recipe Structure

An image recipe.

Type: object Properties: 14
Amazon Web ServicesAutomationContainer ImagesEC2Image BuildingVirtual Machine Images

ImageRecipe is a JSON Structure definition published by Amazon EC2 Image Builder, describing 14 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

arn type name description platform owner version components parentImage blockDeviceMappings dateCreated tags workingDirectory additionalInstanceConfiguration

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-ec2-image-builder/refs/heads/main/json-structure/ec2-image-builder-image-recipe-structure.json",
  "name": "ImageRecipe",
  "description": "An image recipe.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "arn": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ImageBuilderArn"
        },
        {
          "description": "The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the image recipe."
        }
      ]
    },
    "type": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ImageType"
        },
        {
          "description": "Specifies which type of image is created by the recipe - an AMI or a container image."
        }
      ]
    },
    "name": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResourceName"
        },
        {
          "description": "The name of the image recipe."
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NonEmptyString"
        },
        {
          "description": "The description of the image recipe."
        }
      ]
    },
    "platform": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Platform"
        },
        {
          "description": "The platform of the image recipe."
        }
      ]
    },
    "owner": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NonEmptyString"
        },
        {
          "description": "The owner of the image recipe."
        }
      ]
    },
    "version": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/VersionNumber"
        },
        {
          "description": "The version of the image recipe."
        }
      ]
    },
    "components": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ComponentConfigurationList"
        },
        {
          "description": "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."
        }
      ]
    },
    "parentImage": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NonEmptyString"
        },
        {
          "description": "The base image of the image recipe."
        }
      ]
    },
    "blockDeviceMappings": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InstanceBlockDeviceMappings"
        },
        {
          "description": "The block device mappings to apply when creating images from this recipe."
        }
      ]
    },
    "dateCreated": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DateTime"
        },
        {
          "description": "The date on which this image recipe was created."
        }
      ]
    },
    "tags": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TagMap"
        },
        {
          "description": "The tags of the image recipe."
        }
      ]
    },
    "workingDirectory": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NonEmptyString"
        },
        {
          "description": "The working directory to be used during build and test workflows."
        }
      ]
    },
    "additionalInstanceConfiguration": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AdditionalInstanceConfiguration"
        },
        {
          "description": "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."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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