How-to: Create AWS ECR repository in pipeline

Use case

As part of your pipeline, you want to create an AWS ECR repository if none exists

Solution

Use the example below, substituting any variable with yours:

create_repo_if_non_exists:
  image: garland/aws-cli-docker:latest
  commands:
    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
    - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
    - aws configure set region $AWS_REGION
    - aws ecr describe-repositories --repository-names $CF_REPO_NAME || aws ecr create-repository --repository-name $CF_REPO_NAME