Document history for EC2 Image Builder user guide
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API version: 2023-12-12
| Change | Description | Date |
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Updated Linux STIG versions and applied STIGS for 2024 first quarter release. There were no changes to Windows versions. | February 23, 2024 | |
Feature release: Image workflow management | With image workflows, you have more flexibility, visibility, and control over the image creation process. You can customize build and test steps for your workflows, or you can use the Image Builder default workflow. | December 12, 2023 |
Updated Linux STIG versions and applied STIGS for 2023 fourth quarter release. There were no changes to Windows versions. Also updated Linux and Windows SCAP for new component, software, and benchmark numbers. | December 7, 2023 | |
Feature release: Image lifecycle management | With image lifecycle management policies and rules, you can define your resource management strategy to ensure that outdated images and their associated resources go through a process of tagging and removal. | November 17, 2023 |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS for 2023 third quarter release. Additionally updated messaging to clarify that third-party packages are not automatically installed, with very few exceptions. All skipped STIGs are logged. | October 5, 2023 | |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS for 2023 second quarter release. | May 3, 2023 | |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS for 2023 first quarter release. Added support for AL2023. | April 14, 2023 | |
Added EC2 TOE support for the following Amazon Web Services Regions: Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), and Middle East (UAE). | April 13, 2023 | |
Updated the signature for the EC2 TOE installation download on Windows. Also updated TLS note that application downloads from S3 buckets now require TLS version 1.2 or later. | March 31, 2023 | |
Feature release: Enhanced build workflows | Added runtime details for image builds in the new workflow tab in the image build version details. Improved information for troubleshooting builds. | March 30, 2023 |
Feature release: CVE detection and reporting | For accounts that have activated Amazon Inspector scans, Image Builder can capture the common vulnerability and exposures (CVE) findings from Amazon Inspector during the test stage of the build process for new images, including container images stored in Amazon ECR. Image Builder creates a snapshot of the findings to support detail analysis. Image Builder also reports on findings counts that can be filtered by account, by pipeline, or by image, with the ability to drill down on details. | March 30, 2023 |
Added version history to the Windows and Linux sections. | February 17, 2023 | |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS for 2022 fourth quarter release. | February 1, 2023 | |
Feature release: Amazon Web Services Marketplace integration and CIS hardening | Added Amazon Web Services Marketplace integration to easily find and use a subscribed image as the baseline for a new custom image, including CIS Hardened Images and a new CIS Hardening component from the Center for Internet Security. | January 13, 2023 |
Added CIS hardening components that are owned and maintained by CIS. | January 13, 2023 | |
Introduced Ubuntu support, updated STIG versions, and applied STIGS for 2022 second quarter release. | July 20, 2022 | |
Document update: Navigation for Create YAML component document page | Moved the Create YAML component document content to its own page, and updated other pages to reference it. | June 7, 2022 |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS for 2022 first quarter release. | April 25, 2022 | |
Added documentation for the | March 28, 2022 | |
Feature release: Support for faster launching Windows AMI | Added distribution configuration settings to support faster launching for Windows AMIs. | February 21, 2022 |
Maintenance release: Update EC2 TOE binary thumbprint | Updated binary thumbprint for EC2 TOE signer certificate. | February 18, 2022 |
Feature release: Configure input for EC2 TOE | Added support for using a JSON configuration file as input for the EC2 TOE run command. | February 3, 2022 |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS for 2021 fourth quarter release. Also added a section for new SCAP Compliance Checker (SCC) components. | December 22, 2021 | |
Feature release: VM Import/Export (VMIE) integration | Added support for VM import via all channels (console, API/CLI, etc.), and for VM export via API/CLI. VM export is not currently available from the Image Builder console. | December 20, 2021 |
Feature release: AMI sharing for Amazon Organizations and OUs | Updated distribution configuration to add support for sharing output AMIs with Amazon Organizations and OUs. | November 24, 2021 |
Document update: Update component stages and phases | Expanded content for component stages in Image Builder, and how those interact with EC2 TOE component phases. | September 22, 2021 |
Document update: Add CloudTrail integration content | Added monitoring summary and CloudTrail integration content. | September 17, 2021 |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS for 2021 third quarter release. | September 10, 2021 | |
Feature release: Amazon EventBridge integration | Added EventBridge support that enables you to connect Image Builder with events from related Amazon Web Services, and initiate events based on rules defined in EventBridge. | August 18, 2021 |
Document update: Reorder EC2 TOE pages | Rearranged EC2 TOE pages for clarity. | August 11, 2021 |
Feature release: Parameterized components and additional instance configuration | Added support for specifying parameters to customize components for recipes. Expanded configuration of the 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 Systems Manager agent. | July 7, 2021 |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS for 2021 second quarter release. | June 30, 2021 | |
Enhancement: Tagging enhancements | Improved messaging around resource tagging. | June 25, 2021 |
Feature release: Launch template integration | Added support for using Amazon EC2 launch templates for AMI distribution in the Distribution settings. | April 7, 2021 |
Feature release: Container build enhancements | Added support for configuring block device mappings and specifying AMIs to use as the base image for container builds. | April 7, 2021 |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS. | March 5, 2021 | |
Update cron expressions | Image Builder cron processing is updated to increase cron expression granularity to the minute, and use a standard cron scheduling engine. Examples are updated with the new format. | February 8, 2021 |
Feature release: Container support | Added support for creating Docker container images using Image Builder, with registration and storage of the resulting images on Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR). Content has been rearranged to reflect new functionality and accomodate future growth. | December 17, 2020 |
Restructured cron documentation | This page now highlights more information about how cron works with Image Builder pipeline builds, and includes details about UTC time. Wildcards that are not allowed for specific fields have been removed. Examples now include expression samples for both console and CLI. | November 13, 2020 |
Console version 2.0: updated pipeline editing | Content changes in getting started and create pipeline tutorials, plus the manage image pipelines page, to incorporate new console features and flow. | November 13, 2020 |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS. Note - list format changed to show STIGs that are applied by default. | October 15, 2020 | |
Create looping constructs to define a repeated sequence of instructions in the EC2 TOE application. | July 29, 2020 | |
Develop and test image components locally with the EC2 TOE application. | July 28, 2020 | |
Encrypted AMIs | EC2 Image Builder adds support for encrypted AMI distribution. | July 1, 2020 |
AutoScaling deprecation | Deprecation of the use of AutoScaling to launch instances. | June 15, 2020 |
Support for connectivity through Amazon PrivateLink | You can establish a private connection between your VPC and EC2 Image Builder by creating an interface VPC endpoint. Interface endpoints are powered by Amazon PrivateLink, a technology that enables you to privately access Image Builder APIs without an internet gateway, NAT device, VPN connection, or Amazon Direct Connect connection. Instances in your VPC don't need public IP addresses to communicate with Image Builder APIs. Traffic between your VPC and Image Builder does not leave the Amazon network. | June 10, 2020 |
Updated STIG versions and applied STIGS. | January 23, 2020 | |
Troubleshooting | Added general troubleshooting scenarios. | January 22, 2020 |
You can create STIG-compliant images with EC2 TOE STIG components. | January 22, 2020 |