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Build and Push to ECR

This topic provides settings for the Build and Push to ECR step, which builds an image and pushes it to AWS ECR.

For more information, go to the following:

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Depending on the stage's build infrastructure, some settings may be unavailable.

Name​

Enter a name summarizing the step's purpose. Harness automatically assigns an Id (Entity Identifier Reference) based on the Name. You can change the Id.

AWS Connector​

The Harness AWS connector to use to connect to ECR.

The AWS IAM roles and policies associated with the account connected to the Harness AWS connector must be able to push to ECR. For more information about roles and permissions for AWS connectors, go to:

This step supports AWS connectors with any authentication method (AWS access key, Delegate IAM role assumption, IRSA, and cross-account access).

Region​

Define the AWS region to use when pushing the image.

The registry format for ECR is aws_account_id.dkr.ecr.region.amazonaws.com and a region is required. For more information, go to the AWS documentation for Pushing a Docker image.

Account Id​

The AWS account ID to use when pushing the image. This is required.

The registry format for ECR is aws_account_id.dkr.ecr.region.amazonaws.com. For more information, go to the AWS documentation for Pushing a Docker image.

Image Name​

The name of the image you are pushing. It can be any name.

Tags​

Add Docker build tags. This is equivalent to the -t flag.

Add each tag separately.

Optional Configuration​

Use the following settings to add additional configuration to the step. Settings specific to containers, such as Set Container Resources, are not applicable when using the step in a stage with VM or Harness Cloud build infrastructure.

Base Image Connector​

Select an authenticated connector to download base images from a Docker-compliant registry. If you do not specify a Base Image Connector, the step downloads base images without authentication. Specifying a Base Image Connector is recommended because unauthenticated downloads generally have a lower rate limit than authenticated downloads.

Optimize​

Select this option to enable --snapshotMode=redo. This setting causes file metadata to be considered when creating snapshots, and it can reduce the time it takes to create snapshots. For more information, go to the kaniko documentation for the snapshotMode flag.

Dockerfile​

The name of the Dockerfile. If you don't provide a name, Harness assumes the Dockerfile is in the root folder of the codebase.

Context​

Enter a path to a directory containing files that make up the build's context. When the pipeline runs, the build process can refer to any files found in the context. For example, a Dockerfile can use a COPY instruction to reference a file in the context.

Labels​

Specify Docker object labels to add metadata to the Docker image.

Build Arguments​

The Docker build-time variables. This is equivalent to the --build-arg flag.

Target​

The Docker target build stage, equivalent to the --target flag, such as build-env.

Remote Cache Image​

Enter the name of the remote cache image, for example, app/myImage.

The remote cache repository must be in the same account and organization as the build image. For caching to work, the specified image name must exist.

Harness enables remote Docker layer caching where each Docker layer is uploaded as an image to a Docker repo you identify. If the same layer is used in subsequent builds, Harness downloads the layer from the Docker repo. You can also specify the same Docker repo for multiple Build and Push steps, enabling these steps to share the same remote cache. This can dramatically improve build times by sharing layers across pipelines, stages, and steps.

Run as User​

Specify the user ID to use to run all processes in the pod if running in containers. For more information, go to Set the security context for a pod.

Set Container Resources​

Set maximum resource limits for the resources used by the container at runtime:

  • Limit Memory: The maximum memory that the container can use. You can express memory as a plain integer or as a fixed-point number using the suffixes G or M. You can also use the power-of-two equivalents Gi and Mi. The default is 500Mi.
  • Limit CPU: The maximum number of cores that the container can use. CPU limits are measured in CPU units. Fractional requests are allowed; for example, you can specify one hundred millicpu as 0.1 or 100m. The default is 400m. For more information, go to Resource units in Kubernetes.

Timeout​

Set the timeout limit for the step. Once the timeout limit is reached, the step fails and pipeline execution continues. To set skip conditions or failure handling for steps, go to: