aws / aws/ec2-image-builder-roadmap
Support running image pipeline with parameters
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**Tell us about your request**
Being able to run an EC2 image pipeline, while overriding the parameters from the recipe, coming from the different components.
**Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?**
We have a setup where we need to build 200 images in the same way on a recurring basis, but only the hostname of the machine is different. We would like to supply that as a parameter to the image recipe, overriding whats maybe defined in the components. This way we don't have to build 200 image pipelines for each machine with a different hostname.
**Are you currently working around this issue?**
We are in the process of switching to EC2 image pipeline, but probably then indeed have to either create 200 pipelines + 200 recipes or create a single one and have it pull the hostname from a standard SSM parameter and change that with automation around it before we trigger the build. Both are not really nice ways to solve it .
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing how EC2 Image Builder pipelines pass values through image recipes and components, focusing on overriding a hostname per run. Compare that with the mentioned workaround of reading an SSM parameter. Done means one pipeline can build multiple images while accepting run-specific parameter values without duplicating pipelines or recipes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws
- Domain
- cloud, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100