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How-to: Create AWS ECR repository in pipeline

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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