# `aws:createTags` – Create tags for Amazon resources
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Creates new tags for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances or Amazon Systems Manager managed instances.

**Note**  
The `aws:createTags` action supports automatic throttling retry. For more information, see [Configuring automatic retry for throttled operations](automation-throttling-retry.md).

**Input**  
This action supports most Amazon EC2 `CreateTags` and Systems Manager `AddTagsToResource` parameters. For more information, see [CreateTags](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/api_createtags.html) and [AddTagsToResource](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/api_addtagstoresource.html).

The following example shows how to tag an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) and an instance as production resources for a particular department.

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#### [ YAML ]

```
name: createTags
action: aws:createTags
maxAttempts: 3
onFailure: Abort
inputs:
  ResourceType: EC2
  ResourceIds:
  - ami-9a3768fa
  - i-02951acd5111a8169
  Tags:
  - Key: production
    Value: ''
  - Key: department
    Value: devops
```

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#### [ JSON ]

```
{
    "name": "createTags",
    "action": "aws:createTags",
    "maxAttempts": 3,
    "onFailure": "Abort",
    "inputs": {
        "ResourceType": "EC2",
        "ResourceIds": [
            "ami-9a3768fa",
            "i-02951acd5111a8169"
        ],
        "Tags": [
            {
                "Key": "production",
                "Value": ""
            },
            {
                "Key": "department",
                "Value": "devops"
            }
        ]
    }
}
```

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ResourceIds  
The IDs of the resource(s) to be tagged. If resource type isn't "EC2", this field can contain only a single item.  
Type: String List  
Required: Yes

Tags  
The tags to associate with the resource(s).  
Type: List of Maps  
Required: Yes

ResourceType  
The type of resource(s) to be tagged. If not supplied, the default value of "EC2" is used.  
Type: String  
Required: No  
Valid Values: `EC2` \| `ManagedInstance` \| `MaintenanceWindow` \| `Parameter`

**Output**  
None