EC2 Image Builder now supports auto-versioning and enhances Infrastructure as Code experience
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This article announces automatic versioning support in Amazon EC2 Image Builder, which simplifies version management for recipes and components.
- Automatic version incrementing for recipes using 'x' placeholder in version numbers
- Build version auto-increments for components with same name and semantic version
- Wildcard patterns automatically resolve to highest available matching version
- Eliminates manual version tracking and updates in pipelines
- Available across all AWS regions including China and GovCloud
- Accessible via Console, CLI, API, CloudFormation, and CDK
EC2 Image Builder's auto-versioning feature reduces operational overhead by automating version management and ensuring pipelines always use the latest compatible versions.
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