action.yml

name: AWS EC2 AMI Snapshotter
description: GitHub Action for creation of AMI images of running EC2 instances. Valid AWS credentials must be set up prior to executing this action.
author: George Penkov
inputs:
  instance-id:
    description: >-
      Instance ID of the EC2 that will be used for AMI snapshot.
    required: true
  name:
    description: >-
      The name of the new AMI image snapshot. If the name already exists, it will be suffixed with UTC timestamp. 
    required: true
  description:
    description: >-
      The description of the new AMI image snapshot.
    required: false
  wait-for-completion:
    description: >-
      Should the action wait until image is ready. Default is false
    required: false
  deregister-old-images:
    description: >-
      Deregister all images with the same name, and the one just created. Works only with wait-for-completion set to true. Default is false
    required: false
outputs:
  name:
    description: >-
      The name of the newly created AMI image snapshot.
  ami-id:
    description: >-
      AMI id of the newly created AMI image snapshot.
runs:
  using: 'docker'
  image: 'Dockerfile'