Using AWS cli create-image with tags

Question

Hi,
I am creating a script in windows to create images of an EC2 Windows instance using Create-image option.
aws ec2 create-image --instance-id i-123456789 --name "My server" --no-reboot'

I want to add the same two tags, to the AMI and to the snapshots. 
In the console there is an option called "Tag image and snapshots together"
Is there a way to do it in a command line?

Accepted Answer

Hi,

As described on the [AWS-Cli documentation](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ec2/create-image.html), you can use the `--tag-specifications` parameter to tag the AMI, the snapshots, or both on creation.

* To tag the AMI, the value for ResourceType must be image .
* To tag the snapshots that are created of the root volume and of other Amazon EBS volumes that are attached to the instance, the value for ResourceType must be snapshot . The same tag is applied to all of the snapshots that are created.

Example:

```
aws ec2 create-image \
    --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --name "My server" \
    --no-reboot
    --tag-specifications "ResourceType=image,Tags=[{Key=cost-center,Value=cc123}]" "ResourceType=snapshot,Tags=[{Key=cost-center,Value=cc123}]"
```

Using AWS cli create-image with tags

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