name : create-image-recipe.rst **To create a recipe** The following ``create-image-recipe`` example creates an image recipe using a JSON file. Components are installed in the order in which they are specified. :: aws imagebuilder create-image-recipe \ --cli-input-json file://create-image-recipe.json Contents of ``create-image-recipe.json``:: { "name": "MyBasicRecipe", "description": "This example image recipe creates a Windows 2016 image.", "semanticVersion": "2019.12.03", "components": [ { "componentArn": "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:component/myexamplecomponent/2019.12.02/1" }, { "componentArn": "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:component/myimportedcomponent/1.0.0/1" } ], "parentImage": "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:aws:image/windows-server-2016-english-full-base-x86/xxxx.x.x" } Output:: { "requestId": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111", "clientToken": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE22222", "imageRecipeArn": "arn:aws:imagebuilder:us-west-2:123456789012:image-recipe/mybasicrecipe/2019.12.03" } 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*.