• The AWS Systems Manager CloudWatch Dashboard will no longer be available after April 30, 2026. Customers can continue to use Amazon CloudWatch console to view, create, and manage their Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, just as they do today. For more information, see [Amazon CloudWatch Dashboard documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Dashboards.html). 

# `aws:createTags` – Create tags for AWS resources
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Creates new tags for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances or AWS Systems Manager managed instances.

**Note**  
The `aws:createTags` action supports automatic throttling retry. For more information, see [Configuring automatic retry for throttled operations](automation-throttling-retry.md).

**Input**  
This action supports most Amazon EC2 `CreateTags` and Systems Manager `AddTagsToResource` parameters. For more information, see [CreateTags](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/api_createtags.html) and [AddTagsToResource](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/api_addtagstoresource.html).

The following example shows how to tag an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) and an instance as production resources for a particular department.

------
#### [ YAML ]

```
name: createTags
action: aws:createTags
maxAttempts: 3
onFailure: Abort
inputs:
  ResourceType: EC2
  ResourceIds:
  - ami-9a3768fa
  - i-02951acd5111a8169
  Tags:
  - Key: production
    Value: ''
  - Key: department
    Value: devops
```

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#### [ JSON ]

```
{
    "name": "createTags",
    "action": "aws:createTags",
    "maxAttempts": 3,
    "onFailure": "Abort",
    "inputs": {
        "ResourceType": "EC2",
        "ResourceIds": [
            "ami-9a3768fa",
            "i-02951acd5111a8169"
        ],
        "Tags": [
            {
                "Key": "production",
                "Value": ""
            },
            {
                "Key": "department",
                "Value": "devops"
            }
        ]
    }
}
```

------

ResourceIds  
The IDs of the resource(s) to be tagged. If resource type isn't “EC2”, this field can contain only a single item.  
Type: String List  
Required: Yes

Tags  
The tags to associate with the resource(s).  
Type: List of Maps  
Required: Yes

ResourceType  
The type of resource(s) to be tagged. If not supplied, the default value of “EC2” is used.  
Type: String  
Required: No  
Valid Values: `EC2` \$1 `ManagedInstance` \$1 `MaintenanceWindow` \$1 `Parameter`

**Output**  
None