EC2 Image Builder

2024/03/06 - 3 updated api methods

Changes   Add PENDING status to Lifecycle Execution resource status. Add StartTime and EndTime to ListLifecycleExecutionResource API response.

2023/12/12 - 7 new 10 updated api methods

Changes   This release adds the Image Workflows feature to give more flexibility and control over the image building and testing process.

2023/11/16 - 10 new 3 updated api methods

Changes   This release adds the Image Lifecycle Management feature to automate the process of deprecating, disabling and deleting outdated images and their associated resources.

2023/03/30 - 6 new 6 updated api methods

Changes   Adds support for new image workflow details and image vulnerability detection.

2023/01/17 - 9 updated api methods

Changes   Add support for AWS Marketplace product IDs as input during CreateImageRecipe for the parent-image parameter. Add support for listing third-party components.

2022/02/21 - 4 updated api methods

Changes   This release adds support to enable faster launching for Windows AMIs created by EC2 Image Builder.

2021/12/20 - 1 new 7 updated api methods

Changes   This release adds support for importing and exporting VM Images as part of the Image Creation workflow via EC2 VM Import/Export.

2021/11/24 - 4 updated api methods

Changes   This release adds support for sharing AMIs with Organizations within an EC2 Image Builder Distribution Configuration.

2021/09/22 - 10 updated api methods

Changes   This feature adds support for specifying GP3 volume throughput and configuring instance metadata options for instances launched by EC2 Image Builder.

2021/07/06 - 6 updated api methods

Changes   Adds support for specifying parameters to customize components for recipes. Expands configuration of the Amazon EC2 instances that are used for building and testing images, including the ability to specify commands to run on launch, and more control over installation and removal of the SSM agent.

2021/04/02 - 6 updated api methods

Changes   This release adds support for Block Device Mappings for container image builds, and adds distribution configuration support for EC2 launch templates in AMI builds.

2021/02/25 - 1 new 8 updated api methods

Changes   This release introduces a new API (ListImagePackages) for listing packages installed on an image, and adds support for GP3 volume types, and for specifying a time zone in an image pipeline schedule.

2020/12/17 - 6 new 15 updated api methods

Changes   This release adds support for building and distributing container images within EC2 Image Builder.

2020/09/30 - 8 updated api methods

Changes   EC2 Image Builder adds support for copying AMIs created by Image Builder to accounts specific to each Region.

2020/07/01 - 4 updated api methods

Changes   EC2 Image Builder adds support for encrypted AMI distribution.

2020/06/11 - 7 updated api methods

Changes   EC2 Image Builder now supports specifying a custom working directory for your build and test workflows. In addition, Image Builder now supports defining tags that are applied to ephemeral resources created by EC2 Image Builder as part of the image creation workflow.

2020/05/14 - 4 updated api methods

Changes   This release adds a new parameter (SupportedOsVersions) to the Components API. This parameter lists the OS versions supported by a component.

2020/04/16 - 9 updated api methods

Changes   This release includes support for additional OS Versions within EC2 Image Builder.

2019/12/02 - 42 new api methods

Changes   This is the first release of EC2 Image Builder, a service that provides a managed experience for automating the creation of EC2 AMIs.