Feature Request: EC2 Image Builder Distribution Configuration

[breathingdust]

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Description

In December 2019 AWS announced the availability of EC2 ImageBuilder, a service that makes it easier and faster to build and maintain secure images. Image Builder simplifies the creation, patching, testing, distribution, and sharing of Linux or Windows Server images.

New Resource

• aws_imagebuilder_distribution_configuration

Potential Terraform Configuration

resource "aws_imagebuilder_distribution_configuration" "example" {
  arn                = ""  
  client_token       = ""
  description        = ""
  distribution {           
    ami_distribution_configuration {
      ami_tags         = {}
      description      = ""
      launch_permission {
        user_groups      = []
        user_ids         = []
      }
      name             = ""
    }
    license_configuration_arns = []
    region                     = ""
  }
  name               = ""
  tags               = {}
  timeout_minutes    = 0 
}

References

Announcement: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/12/introducing-ec2-image-builder/
API Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
SDK Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/api/service/imagebuilder/

• Support for EC2 Image Builder #11084

[iancward]

Is this a dupe of #11084? That one appears to encompass the full service.

[breathingdust]

Hi @iancward, it's not a dupe I'm just breaking it out into separate resources. It's easier for us to track that way, and easier for contributors to pick up a single resource. 👍

[iancward]

Might be resolved by #13485

[bflad]

A new aws_imagebuilder_distribution_configuration resource has been merged and will release with version 3.16.0 of the Terraform AWS Provider, later this week. Thank you to @Dogers for the initial implementation. 👍

[ghost]

This has been released in version 3.16.0 of the Terraform AWS provider. Please see the Terraform documentation on provider versioning or reach out if you need any assistance upgrading.

For further feature requests or bug reports with this functionality, please create a new GitHub issue following the template for triage. Thanks!

[ghost]

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