---
title: "Creating an AWS ECR Service with Pulumi"
meta_desc: "Learn how to use Pulumi to define an AWS ECR resource which can then be deployed to AWS and managed as infrastructure as code."
meta_image: "/images/docs/service/aws-ecr.png"
service: "ECR"
description: "is a fully-managed Docker container registry that makes it easy for developers to store, manage, and deploy Docker container images"
aws_here: "https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/"
menu:
  aws:
    name: ECR
    parent: aws-guides
aliases:
- /docs/aws/ecr/
---

## Create an AWS ECR resource using `@pulumi/aws`

The `@pulumi/aws` library enables fine-grained control over the AWS ECR resource meaning it can be coded, deployed, and managed entirely in code.

```javascript
const aws = require("@pulumi/aws");

const repository = new aws.ecr.Repository("myrepository");

const repositoryPolicy = new aws.ecr.RepositoryPolicy("myrepositorypolicy", {
    repository: repository.id,
    policy: JSON.stringify({
        Version: "2012-10-17",
        Statement: [{
            Sid: "new policy",
            Effect: "Allow",
            Principal: "*",
            Action: [
                "ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer",
                "ecr:BatchGetImage",
                "ecr:BatchCheckLayerAvailability",
                "ecr:PutImage",
                "ecr:InitiateLayerUpload",
                "ecr:UploadLayerPart",
                "ecr:CompleteLayerUpload",
                "ecr:DescribeRepositories",
                "ecr:GetRepositoryPolicy",
                "ecr:ListImages",
                "ecr:DeleteRepository",
                "ecr:BatchDeleteImage",
                "ecr:SetRepositoryPolicy",
                "ecr:DeleteRepositoryPolicy"
            ]
        }]
    })
});

const lifecyclePolicy = new aws.ecr.LifecyclePolicy("mylifecyclepolicy", {
    repository: repository.id,
    policy: JSON.stringify({
        rules: [{
            rulePriority: 1,
            description: "Expire images older than 14 days",
            selection: {
                tagStatus: "untagged",
                countType: "sinceImagePushed",
                countUnit: "days",
                countNumber: 14
            },
            action: {
                type: "expire"
            }
        }]
    })
});
```