Adding tags to a private repository in Amazon ECR

You can add tags to a private repository.

For information about names and best practices for tags, see Tag naming limits and requirements and Best practices in the Tagging AWS Resources User Guide.

Adding tags to a repository (AWS Management Console)

1. Open the Amazon ECR console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecr/.

2. From the navigation bar, select the region to use.

3. In the navigation pane, choose Repositories.

4. On the Repositories page, select the check box next to the repository you want to tag.

5. From the Action menu, select Repository tags.

6. On the Repository tags page, select Add tags, Add tag.

7. On the Edit repository tags page, specify the key and value for each tag, and then choose Save.

Adding tags to a repository (AWS CLI or API)

You can add or overwrite one or more tags by using the AWS CLI or an API.

• AWS CLI - tag-resource

• API action - TagResource

The following examples show how to add tags using the AWS CLI.

Example 1: Tag a repository

The following command tags a repository.

aws ecr tag-resource \
     --resource-arn arn:aws:ecr:region:account_id:repository/repository_name \
     --tags Key=stack,Value=dev

Example 2: Tag a repository with multiple tags

The following command adds three tags to a repository.

aws ecr tag-resource \
     --resource-arn arn:aws:ecr:region:account_id:repository/repository_name \
     --tags Key=key1,Value=value1 Key=key2,Value=value2 Key=key3,Value=value3

Example 3: List tags for a repository

The following command lists the tags associated with a repository.

aws ecr list-tags-for-resource \
     --resource-arn arn:aws:ecr:region:account_id:repository/repository_name

Example 4: Create a repository and add a tag

The following command creates a repository named test-repo and adds a tag with key team and value devs.

aws ecr create-repository \
     --repository-name test-repo \
     --tags Key=team,Value=devs