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Push Aws Account Id Dkr Ecr Region Amazonaws Com Container Name Tag Image

Pushes a Docker image to an Amazon ECR repository for storage and deployment.

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Terminal
docker push <aws_account_id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com/<container_name>:<tag>

When To Use

When finalizing an image for production deployment on AWS infrastructure.

Pro Tip

Ensure that Docker is authenticated to ECR using aws ecr get-login-password for successful push; authentication failures will result in permission errors.

Terminal Output

Expected runtime feedback

Simulated preview
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Output
The push refers to repository [123456789012.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/my-app]
66bc63e07d48: Pushed
b53dfc7b229b: Pushed
latest: digest: sha256:de9f8728f96f9eb3e0d712f67e18a00f086cf9e75c02fccb57d3e7a42c5e8b9d size: 1234

Anatomy of Output

Understanding the result

The push refers to repository [123456789012.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/my-image] Push Initiation

Confirms the target repository for the image being pushed.

latest: digest: sha256:abcd1234... size: 1234 Push Confirmation

Indicates a successful image upload with the associated digest and size.

Error: denied: requested access to the resource is denied Permission Error

Signifies that the push action failed due to insufficient permissions.

Power User Variants

Optimized versions

docker push 123456789012.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/my-image:latest

Push the latest version of the image to ECR.

docker push 123456789012.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/my-image:v2.0

Push a specific version of the image to ECR.

Troubleshooting

Common pitfalls

Error: denied: requested access to the resource is denied

Solution: Ensure the Docker client is authenticated and has permissions for ecr:PutImage.

Error: No such image locally

Solution: Verify the image you intend to push exists in your local Docker images.

Error: push failed due to invalid repository name.

Solution: Confirm the repository URI and naming conventions are adhered to.

Command Breakdown

What each part is doing

docker
Base Command
The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Docker before the shell applies any redirect operators.
<aws_account_id>
aws account id
The value supplied for aws account id.
<region>
region
The value supplied for region.
<container_name>
container name
The value supplied for container name.
<tag>
tag
The value supplied for tag.

How To Run

Execution path

  1. Step 1

    Run the command: docker push {{aws_account_id}}.dkr.ecr.{{region}}.amazonaws.com/{{container_name}}:{{tag}}

  2. Step 2

    Verify by running: docker images | grep {{container_name}}

Alternative Approaches

Comparable commands in other tools

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