Announcing flexible AMI distribution capabilities for EC2 Image Builder

Amazon EC2 Image Builder Updates

Amazon EC2 Image Builder now allows you to distribute existing Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), retry distributions, and define custom distribution workflows. Distribution workflows complement existing build and test workflows, enabling you to define sequential distribution steps such as AMI copy operations, wait-for-action checkpoints, and AMI attribute modifications.

With enhanced distribution capabilities, you can now distribute an existing image to multiple regions and accounts without running a full Image Builder pipeline. Simply specify your AMI and distribution configuration, and Image Builder handles the copying and sharing process. Additionally, with distribution workflows, you can now customize the distribution process by defining custom steps. For example, you can distribute AMIs to a test region first, add a wait-for-action step to pause for validation, and then continue distribution to production regions after approval.

What to do

• Start using the new distribution capabilities from the EC2 Image Builder Console, CLI, API, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Define custom distribution workflows to control the distribution process.
• Explore the EC2 Image Builder documentation for more details.

Source: AWS release notes

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