name : create-distribution-configuration.rst **To create a distribution configuration** The following ``create-distribution-configuration`` example creates a distribution configuration using a JSON file. :: aws imagebuilder create-distribution-configuration \ --cli-input-json file:/create-distribution-configuration.json Contents of ``create-distribution-configuration.json``:: { "name": "MyExampleDistribution", "description": "Copies AMI to eu-west-1", "distributions": [ { "region": "us-west-2", "amiDistributionConfiguration": { "name": "Name {{imagebuilder:buildDate}}", "description": "An example image name with parameter references", "amiTags": { "KeyName": "{{ssm:parameter_name}}" }, "launchPermission": { "userIds": [ "123456789012" ] } } }, { "region": "eu-west-1", "amiDistributionConfiguration": { "name": "My {{imagebuilder:buildVersion}} image {{imagebuilder:buildDate}}", "amiTags": { "KeyName": "Value" }, "launchPermission": { "userIds": [ "123456789012" ] } } } ] } Output:: { "requestId": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111", "clientToken": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE22222", "distributionConfigurationArn": "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:distribution-configuration/myexampledistribution" } 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*.