# Use AWS Marketplace components to customize your image
In addition to a large selection of images created by Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), the AWS Marketplace offers components that you can use to customize your own Image Builder images. You must subscribe to these AWS Marketplace components before you can use them in your image recipe to build a new image.
When you specify an AWS Marketplace component in an image recipe, Image Builder validates the subscription and performs dependency checks to ensure that you have the resources that you need to use it. When validation succeeds, Image Builder creates secure downloads for the component and its artifacts for use by image pipeline builds.
## Discover AWS Marketplace components
You can discover AWS Marketplace software components to use in your recipes from the **Discover products** page in the Image Builder console, as follows.
1. Open the EC2 Image Builder console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/).
1. From the navigation pane, choose **Discover products** in the **AWS Marketplace** section.
1. Select the **Components** tab. This tab lists all of the AWS Marketplace products that use the delivery option that includes associated components in AWS Marketplace.
1. To search for specific software products that include components, you can enter part of the name in the search bar or filter by `Status`, `Operating System`, `Publisher`, or `Categories`. The search bar also contains pagination controls for your results.
### Results
Each AWS Marketplace product has its own detail panel that includes the following information.
**The AWS Marketplace product name and logo**
The software product name is linked to the product detail in AWS Marketplace. You can select the link to learn more about the product in AWS Marketplace. Alternatively, you can view a summary of subscription options and subscribe directly from the search results with the **View subscription options** button if you've already done your research.
**Version**
This contains the primary version of the component.
**Operating system**
The operating system that the component is designed to run on.
**Publisher**
The publisher of the component. This is linked to the publisher detail page in AWS Marketplace. The publisher detail page opens in a new tab in your browser.
**Categories**
One or more AWS Marketplace product categories that apply for the component.
**Status**
Shows whether you are subscribed to this product. If you're not subscribed, you can choose **View subscription options** to see a summary of the subscription options for the AWS Marketplace product, and optionally subscribe directly from the Image Builder console.
**Associated components**
If the AWS Marketplace product has one or more versions that are included with your subscription, they are shown in the **Associated components** section. The section is collapsed initially, and displays a count of the associated components. You can expand the section to see more details.
**Note**
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) component that's associated with their AWS Marketplace image product is not shown in the **Discover products** results. If you subscribe to their image product, the associated component is shown in the **Subscriptions** page, and as a third-party component in the **Create image recipe** dialog. For more information about the component, see [CIS hardening components](toe-cis.md).
## Subscribe to AWS Marketplace components
After you've found an AWS Marketplace product with components that you want to use in your recipes, you can subscribe to it directly from the Image Builder console, as follows, or you can subscribe from the AWS Marketplace console.
1. Open the EC2 Image Builder console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/).
1. From the navigation pane, choose **Discover products** in the **AWS Marketplace** section.
1. Select the **Components** tab. This tab lists all of the AWS Marketplace products that use the delivery option that includes associated components in AWS Marketplace.
1. To search for a specific AWS Marketplace product, enter part of the name in the search bar. If you know the publisher, but not the exact product name or how to spell it, you can also filter by `Publisher` to get a list of products that the publisher has available.
1. Select the product that you want to subscribe to from the results list, and choose **View subscription options**. This shows a summary of subscription options for the AWS Marketplace product.
1. Select **Subscribe** to subscribe to the product without leaving the Image Builder console. You are notified that the subscription is being processed. After you're subscribed, the **Status** is updated to `Subscribed`.
For more information about the AWS Marketplace products that you're currently subscribed to, see the console steps described in [AWS Marketplace subscriptions in Image Builder](integ-marketplace.md#integ-marketplace-subs).
## Use an AWS Marketplace component in an Image Builder image recipe
You can use AWS Marketplace components in your Image Builder image recipes the same way that you use other types of components. For most of the components that are associated with an AWS Marketplace image product, the ownership category is `AWS Marketplace`. For example, to use a build component from an AWS Marketplace product that you've subscribed to, choose **Add build components**, and select `AWS Marketplace` from the list. This opens a selection panel on the right side of the console interface that lists AWS Marketplace components.
**Note**
If you're looking for the CIS hardening component, select `Third party managed`, from the ownership list instead of `AWS Marketplace`.
For more information about how to select, arrange, and configure parameters for your components, see [Create a new version of an image recipe](create-image-recipes.md).