create-ecr-repository-action

This is a GitHub Action to create a repository into Amazon ECR or ECR Public registry if it does not exist. It can put a lifecycle policy to the repository for cost saving.

Getting Started

To create a repository:

jobs:
  build:
    steps:
      - uses: int128/create-ecr-repository-action@v1
        with:
          repository: hello-world

If the repository exists, this action does nothing.

Put a lifecycle policy

To create a repository with a lifecycle policy:

      - uses: int128/create-ecr-repository-action@v1
        with:
          repository: hello-world
          lifecycle-policy: config/lifecycle-policy.json

If the repository exists, this action just puts the lifecycle policy.

Create into ECR Public

To create a repository into ECR Public registry:

      - uses: int128/create-ecr-repository-action@v1
        with:
          repository: hello-world
          public: true

If the repository exists, this action does nothing. Note that currently ECR Public does not support the lifecycle polocy.

Full example

Here is a full example to build an image and put it into an ECR repository:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      id-token: write
      contents: read
    steps:
      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
        with:
          role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT:role/ROLE
      - uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
      - uses: int128/create-ecr-repository-action@v1
        id: ecr
        with:
          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
      - uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
        id: metadata
        with:
          images: ${{ steps.ecr.outputs.repository-uri }}
      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
        with:
          push: true
          tags: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.labels }}

Inputs

Name	Default	Description
public	false	Set true to create into ECR Public registry
repository	(required)	Repository name to create
lifecycle-policy	-	Path to a file of lifecycle policy for the repository
repository-policy	-	Path to a file of repository policy for the repository

Outputs

Name	Description
repository-uri	URI of the repository (in form of ACCOUNT.dkr.ecr.REGION.amazonaws.com/NAME or public.ecr.aws/ID/NAME)