Learn how to create custom images with Image Builder tutorials
There are many ways to build custom images and components with EC2 Image Builder. Tutorials help you learn about key Image Builder concepts. Each tutorial presents a use case with steps that you can follow for the first time. The instructions use defaults where possible to assist with learning the overall process. After you use one of the tutorials, you can explore more ways to customize your own images.
Build your first image
The following tutorials show you how to build your first image with the Image Builder console wizard. At the end of the tutorial you'll have created the following set of Image Builder resources. The final step in the tutorial is to clean up the resources you created.
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An image recipe for your Amazon Machine Image (AMI) or a container recipe for your container image.
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An infrastructure configuration resource with default settings.
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A distribution settings resource with default settings that distributes the output to the source Region (your account in the Region that you use to run the console wizard).
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An image pipeline that uses the listed resources to build your output image with the default image build workflows.
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An output AMI or container image.
Console wizard tutorials
Create a custom component with input parameters
The following tutorial shows you how to create a custom component that defines input parameters, and then set the values from your Image Builder recipe.
Custom component with parameters