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AWS::ECR::Repository

ECR Repository

The AWS::ECR::Repository resource specifies an Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) repository, where users can push and pull Docker images, Open Container Initiative (OCI) images, and OCI compatible artifacts. For more information, see [Amazon ECR private repositories](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/Repositories.html) in the *Amazon ECR User Guide*.

Properties

9 configurable properties. Click a row to see details.

Filter:
PropertyTypeFlags
EmptyOnDelete
boolean
Write-only
EncryptionConfiguration
EncryptionConfiguration
Create-only
ImageScanningConfiguration
ImageScanningConfiguration
ImageTagMutability
string
ImageTagMutabilityExclusionFilters
Array<ImageTagMutabilityExclusionFilter>
LifecyclePolicy
LifecyclePolicy
RepositoryName
string
Create-only
RepositoryPolicyText
objectstring
Tags
Array<Tag>

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

AttributeTypeDescription
Arnstring-
RepositoryUristring-

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::ECR::Repository

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::ECR::Repository
    Properties:
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

create

ecr:CreateRepositoryecr:PutLifecyclePolicyecr:SetRepositoryPolicyecr:TagResourcekms:DescribeKeykms:CreateGrantkms:RetireGrant

read

ecr:DescribeRepositoriesecr:GetLifecyclePolicyecr:GetRepositoryPolicyecr:ListTagsForResource

update

ecr:DescribeRepositoriesecr:PutLifecyclePolicyecr:SetRepositoryPolicyecr:TagResourceecr:UntagResourceecr:DeleteLifecyclePolicyecr:DeleteRepositoryPolicyecr:PutImageScanningConfiguration

delete

ecr:DeleteRepositorykms:RetireGrant

list

ecr:DescribeRepositories

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Quick Facts

ServiceECR
Properties11
Required0
TaggingSupported
Primary IDRepositoryName

Supported Operations

CreateReadUpdateDeleteList

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

RepositoryNameEncryptionConfigurationEncryptionConfiguration/EncryptionTypeEncryptionConfiguration/KmsKey

Related Resources

External Links