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**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*.