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