name : update-distribution-configuration.rst **To update a distribution configuration** The following ``update-distribution-configuration`` example updates a distribution configuration using a JSON file. :: aws imagebuilder update-distribution-configuration \ --cli-input-json file://update-distribution-configuration.json Contents of ``update-distribution-configuration.json``:: { "distributionConfigurationArn": "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:distribution-configuration/myexampledistribution", "description": "Copies AMI to eu-west-2 and exports to S3", "distributions": [ { "region": "us-west-2", "amiDistributionConfiguration": { "name": "Name {{imagebuilder:buildDate}}", "description": "An example image name with parameter references" } }, { "region": "eu-west-2", "amiDistributionConfiguration": { "name": "My {{imagebuilder:buildVersion}} image {{imagebuilder:buildDate}}" } } ] } Output:: { "requestId": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111" } For more information, see `Setting Up and Managing an EC2 Image Builder Image Pipeline Using the AWS CLI <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/latest/userguide/managing-image-builder-cli.html>`__ in the *EC2 Image Builder Users Guide*.