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Ec2 Image Builder by lap-platform — Agent Skill

Name: Ec2 Image Builder
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: Lap-Platform

EC2 Image Builder

API version: 2019-12-02

Auth

AWS SigV4

Base URL

Not specified.

Setup

Configure auth: AWS SigV4
GET /GetComponent -- verify access
POST /ListComponentBuildVersions -- create first ListComponentBuildVersions

Endpoints

73 endpoints across 71 groups. See references/api-spec.lap for full details.

CancelImageCreation

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CancelImageCreation	CancelImageCreation cancels the creation of Image. This operation can only be used on images in a non-terminal state.

CancelLifecycleExecution

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CancelLifecycleExecution	Cancel a specific image lifecycle policy runtime instance.

CreateComponent

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CreateComponent	Creates a new component that can be used to build, validate, test, and assess your image. The component is based on a YAML document that you specify using exactly one of the following methods: Inline, using the data property in the request body. A URL that points to a YAML document file stored in Amazon S3, using the uri property in the request body.

CreateContainerRecipe

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CreateContainerRecipe	Creates a new container recipe. Container recipes define how images are configured, tested, and assessed.

CreateDistributionConfiguration

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CreateDistributionConfiguration	Creates a new distribution configuration. Distribution configurations define and configure the outputs of your pipeline.

CreateImage

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CreateImage	Creates a new image. This request will create a new image along with all of the configured output resources defined in the distribution configuration. You must specify exactly one recipe for your image, using either a ContainerRecipeArn or an ImageRecipeArn.

CreateImagePipeline

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CreateImagePipeline	Creates a new image pipeline. Image pipelines enable you to automate the creation and distribution of images.

CreateImageRecipe

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CreateImageRecipe	Creates a new image recipe. Image recipes define how images are configured, tested, and assessed.

CreateInfrastructureConfiguration

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CreateInfrastructureConfiguration	Creates a new infrastructure configuration. An infrastructure configuration defines the environment in which your image will be built and tested.

CreateLifecyclePolicy

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CreateLifecyclePolicy	Create a lifecycle policy resource.

CreateWorkflow

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/CreateWorkflow	Create a new workflow or a new version of an existing workflow.

DeleteComponent

Method	Path	Description
DELETE	/DeleteComponent	Deletes a component build version.

DeleteContainerRecipe

Method	Path	Description
DELETE	/DeleteContainerRecipe	Deletes a container recipe.

DeleteDistributionConfiguration

Method	Path	Description
DELETE	/DeleteDistributionConfiguration	Deletes a distribution configuration.

DeleteImage

Method	Path	Description
DELETE	/DeleteImage	Deletes an Image Builder image resource. This does not delete any EC2 AMIs or ECR container images that are created during the image build process. You must clean those up separately, using the appropriate Amazon EC2 or Amazon ECR console actions, or API or CLI commands. To deregister an EC2 Linux AMI, see Deregister your Linux AMI in the Amazon EC2 User Guide . To deregister an EC2 Windows AMI, see Deregister your Windows AMI in the Amazon EC2 Windows Guide . To delete a container image from Amazon ECR, see Deleting an image in the Amazon ECR User Guide.

DeleteImagePipeline

Method	Path	Description
DELETE	/DeleteImagePipeline	Deletes an image pipeline.

DeleteImageRecipe

Method	Path	Description
DELETE	/DeleteImageRecipe	Deletes an image recipe.

DeleteInfrastructureConfiguration

Method	Path	Description
DELETE	/DeleteInfrastructureConfiguration	Deletes an infrastructure configuration.

DeleteLifecyclePolicy

Method	Path	Description
DELETE	/DeleteLifecyclePolicy	Delete the specified lifecycle policy resource.

DeleteWorkflow

Method	Path	Description
DELETE	/DeleteWorkflow	Deletes a specific workflow resource.

GetComponent

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetComponent	Gets a component object.

GetComponentPolicy

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetComponentPolicy	Gets a component policy.

GetContainerRecipe

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetContainerRecipe	Retrieves a container recipe.

GetContainerRecipePolicy

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetContainerRecipePolicy	Retrieves the policy for a container recipe.

GetDistributionConfiguration

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetDistributionConfiguration	Gets a distribution configuration.

GetImage

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetImage	Gets an image.

GetImagePipeline

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetImagePipeline	Gets an image pipeline.

GetImagePolicy

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetImagePolicy	Gets an image policy.

GetImageRecipe

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetImageRecipe	Gets an image recipe.

GetImageRecipePolicy

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetImageRecipePolicy	Gets an image recipe policy.

GetInfrastructureConfiguration

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetInfrastructureConfiguration	Gets an infrastructure configuration.

GetLifecycleExecution

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetLifecycleExecution	Get the runtime information that was logged for a specific runtime instance of the lifecycle policy.

GetLifecyclePolicy

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetLifecyclePolicy	Get details for the specified image lifecycle policy.

GetWorkflow

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetWorkflow	Get a workflow resource object.

GetWorkflowExecution

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetWorkflowExecution	Get the runtime information that was logged for a specific runtime instance of the workflow.

GetWorkflowStepExecution

Method	Path	Description
GET	/GetWorkflowStepExecution	Get the runtime information that was logged for a specific runtime instance of the workflow step.

ImportComponent

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/ImportComponent	Imports a component and transforms its data into a component document.

ImportVmImage

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/ImportVmImage	When you export your virtual machine (VM) from its virtualization environment, that process creates a set of one or more disk container files that act as snapshots of your VM’s environment, settings, and data. The Amazon EC2 API ImportImage action uses those files to import your VM and create an AMI. To import using the CLI command, see import-image You can reference the task ID from the VM import to pull in the AMI that the import created as the base image for your Image Builder recipe.

ListComponentBuildVersions

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListComponentBuildVersions	Returns the list of component build versions for the specified semantic version. The semantic version has four nodes: <major>.<minor>.<patch>/<build>. You can assign values for the first three, and can filter on all of them. Filtering: With semantic versioning, you have the flexibility to use wildcards (x) to specify the most recent versions or nodes when selecting the base image or components for your recipe. When you use a wildcard in any node, all nodes to the right of the first wildcard must also be wildcards.

ListComponents

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListComponents	Returns the list of components that can be filtered by name, or by using the listed filters to streamline results. Newly created components can take up to two minutes to appear in the ListComponents API Results. The semantic version has four nodes: <major>.<minor>.<patch>/<build>. You can assign values for the first three, and can filter on all of them. Filtering: With semantic versioning, you have the flexibility to use wildcards (x) to specify the most recent versions or nodes when selecting the base image or components for your recipe. When you use a wildcard in any node, all nodes to the right of the first wildcard must also be wildcards.

ListContainerRecipes

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListContainerRecipes	Returns a list of container recipes.

ListDistributionConfigurations

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListDistributionConfigurations	Returns a list of distribution configurations.

ListImageBuildVersions

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListImageBuildVersions	Returns a list of image build versions.

ListImagePackages

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListImagePackages	List the Packages that are associated with an Image Build Version, as determined by Amazon Web Services Systems Manager Inventory at build time.

ListImagePipelineImages

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListImagePipelineImages	Returns a list of images created by the specified pipeline.

ListImagePipelines

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListImagePipelines	Returns a list of image pipelines.

ListImageRecipes

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListImageRecipes	Returns a list of image recipes.

ListImageScanFindingAggregations

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListImageScanFindingAggregations	Returns a list of image scan aggregations for your account. You can filter by the type of key that Image Builder uses to group results. For example, if you want to get a list of findings by severity level for one of your pipelines, you might specify your pipeline with the imagePipelineArn filter. If you don't specify a filter, Image Builder returns an aggregation for your account. To streamline results, you can use the following filters in your request: accountId imageBuildVersionArn imagePipelineArn vulnerabilityId

ListImageScanFindings

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListImageScanFindings	Returns a list of image scan findings for your account.

ListImages

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListImages	Returns the list of images that you have access to. Newly created images can take up to two minutes to appear in the ListImages API Results.

ListInfrastructureConfigurations

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListInfrastructureConfigurations	Returns a list of infrastructure configurations.

ListLifecycleExecutionResources

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListLifecycleExecutionResources	List resources that the runtime instance of the image lifecycle identified for lifecycle actions.

ListLifecycleExecutions

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListLifecycleExecutions	Get the lifecycle runtime history for the specified resource.

ListLifecyclePolicies

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListLifecyclePolicies	Get a list of lifecycle policies in your Amazon Web Services account.

ListWaitingWorkflowSteps

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListWaitingWorkflowSteps	Get a list of workflow steps that are waiting for action for workflows in your Amazon Web Services account.

ListWorkflowBuildVersions

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListWorkflowBuildVersions	Returns a list of build versions for a specific workflow resource.

ListWorkflowExecutions

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListWorkflowExecutions	Returns a list of workflow runtime instance metadata objects for a specific image build version.

ListWorkflowStepExecutions

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListWorkflowStepExecutions	Returns runtime data for each step in a runtime instance of the workflow that you specify in the request.

ListWorkflows

Method	Path	Description
POST	/ListWorkflows	Lists workflow build versions based on filtering parameters.

PutComponentPolicy

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/PutComponentPolicy	Applies a policy to a component. We recommend that you call the RAM API CreateResourceShare to share resources. If you call the Image Builder API PutComponentPolicy, you must also call the RAM API PromoteResourceShareCreatedFromPolicy in order for the resource to be visible to all principals with whom the resource is shared.

PutContainerRecipePolicy

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/PutContainerRecipePolicy	Applies a policy to a container image. We recommend that you call the RAM API CreateResourceShare (https://docs.aws.amazon.com//ram/latest/APIReference/API_CreateResourceShare.html) to share resources. If you call the Image Builder API PutContainerImagePolicy, you must also call the RAM API PromoteResourceShareCreatedFromPolicy (https://docs.aws.amazon.com//ram/latest/APIReference/API_PromoteResourceShareCreatedFromPolicy.html) in order for the resource to be visible to all principals with whom the resource is shared.

PutImagePolicy

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/PutImagePolicy	Applies a policy to an image. We recommend that you call the RAM API CreateResourceShare to share resources. If you call the Image Builder API PutImagePolicy, you must also call the RAM API PromoteResourceShareCreatedFromPolicy in order for the resource to be visible to all principals with whom the resource is shared.

PutImageRecipePolicy

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/PutImageRecipePolicy	Applies a policy to an image recipe. We recommend that you call the RAM API CreateResourceShare to share resources. If you call the Image Builder API PutImageRecipePolicy, you must also call the RAM API PromoteResourceShareCreatedFromPolicy in order for the resource to be visible to all principals with whom the resource is shared.

SendWorkflowStepAction

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/SendWorkflowStepAction	Pauses or resumes image creation when the associated workflow runs a WaitForAction step.

StartImagePipelineExecution

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/StartImagePipelineExecution	Manually triggers a pipeline to create an image.

StartResourceStateUpdate

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/StartResourceStateUpdate	Begin asynchronous resource state update for lifecycle changes to the specified image resources.

UpdateDistributionConfiguration

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/UpdateDistributionConfiguration	Updates a new distribution configuration. Distribution configurations define and configure the outputs of your pipeline.

UpdateImagePipeline

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/UpdateImagePipeline	Updates an image pipeline. Image pipelines enable you to automate the creation and distribution of images. You must specify exactly one recipe for your image, using either a containerRecipeArn or an imageRecipeArn. UpdateImagePipeline does not support selective updates for the pipeline. You must specify all of the required properties in the update request, not just the properties that have changed.

UpdateInfrastructureConfiguration

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/UpdateInfrastructureConfiguration	Updates a new infrastructure configuration. An infrastructure configuration defines the environment in which your image will be built and tested.

UpdateLifecyclePolicy

Method	Path	Description
PUT	/UpdateLifecyclePolicy	Update the specified lifecycle policy.

Common Questions

Match user requests to endpoints in references/api-spec.lap. Key patterns:

"List all GetComponent?" -> GET /GetComponent
"List all GetComponentPolicy?" -> GET /GetComponentPolicy
"List all GetContainerRecipe?" -> GET /GetContainerRecipe
"List all GetContainerRecipePolicy?" -> GET /GetContainerRecipePolicy
"List all GetDistributionConfiguration?" -> GET /GetDistributionConfiguration
"List all GetImage?" -> GET /GetImage
"List all GetImagePipeline?" -> GET /GetImagePipeline
"List all GetImagePolicy?" -> GET /GetImagePolicy
"List all GetImageRecipe?" -> GET /GetImageRecipe
"List all GetImageRecipePolicy?" -> GET /GetImageRecipePolicy
"List all GetInfrastructureConfiguration?" -> GET /GetInfrastructureConfiguration
"List all GetLifecycleExecution?" -> GET /GetLifecycleExecution
"List all GetLifecyclePolicy?" -> GET /GetLifecyclePolicy
"List all GetWorkflow?" -> GET /GetWorkflow
"List all GetWorkflowExecution?" -> GET /GetWorkflowExecution
"List all GetWorkflowStepExecution?" -> GET /GetWorkflowStepExecution
"Create a ListComponentBuildVersion?" -> POST /ListComponentBuildVersions
"Create a ListComponent?" -> POST /ListComponents
"Create a ListContainerRecipe?" -> POST /ListContainerRecipes
"Create a ListDistributionConfiguration?" -> POST /ListDistributionConfigurations
"Create a ListImageBuildVersion?" -> POST /ListImageBuildVersions
"Create a ListImagePackage?" -> POST /ListImagePackages
"Create a ListImagePipelineImage?" -> POST /ListImagePipelineImages
"Create a ListImagePipeline?" -> POST /ListImagePipelines
"Create a ListImageRecipe?" -> POST /ListImageRecipes
"Create a ListImageScanFindingAggregation?" -> POST /ListImageScanFindingAggregations
"Create a ListImageScanFinding?" -> POST /ListImageScanFindings
"Create a ListImage?" -> POST /ListImages
"Create a ListInfrastructureConfiguration?" -> POST /ListInfrastructureConfigurations
"Create a ListLifecycleExecutionResource?" -> POST /ListLifecycleExecutionResources
"Create a ListLifecycleExecution?" -> POST /ListLifecycleExecutions
"Create a ListLifecyclePolicy?" -> POST /ListLifecyclePolicies
"Get tag details?" -> GET /tags/{resourceArn}
"Create a ListWaitingWorkflowStep?" -> POST /ListWaitingWorkflowSteps
"Create a ListWorkflowBuildVersion?" -> POST /ListWorkflowBuildVersions
"Create a ListWorkflowExecution?" -> POST /ListWorkflowExecutions
"Create a ListWorkflowStepExecution?" -> POST /ListWorkflowStepExecutions
"Create a ListWorkflow?" -> POST /ListWorkflows
"Delete a tag?" -> DELETE /tags/{resourceArn}
"How to authenticate?" -> See Auth section

Response Tips

Check response schemas in references/api-spec.lap for field details
Create/update endpoints typically return the created/updated object

References

Full spec: See references/api-spec.lap for complete endpoint details, parameter tables, and response schemas

Generated from the official API spec by LAP

Method	Path	Description
GET	/tags/{resourceArn}	Returns the list of tags for the specified resource.
POST	/tags/{resourceArn}	Adds a tag to a resource.
DELETE	/tags/{resourceArn}	Removes a tag from a resource.

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