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Creates a new Amazon GameLift build resource for your game server binary files. Combine game server binaries into a zip file for use with Amazon GameLift.

When setting up a new game build for Amazon GameLift, we recommend using the CLI command upload-build . This helper command combines two tasks: (1) it uploads your build files from a file directory to a Amazon GameLift Amazon S3 location, and (2) it creates a new build resource.

You can use the operation in the following scenarios:

  • To create a new game build with build files that are in an Amazon S3 location under an Amazon Web Services account that you control. To use this option, you give Amazon GameLift access to the Amazon S3 bucket. With permissions in place, specify a build name, operating system, and the Amazon S3 storage location of your game build.

  • To directly upload your build files to a Amazon GameLift Amazon S3 location. To use this option, specify a build name and operating system. This operation creates a new build resource and also returns an Amazon S3 location with temporary access credentials. Use the credentials to manually upload your build files to the specified Amazon S3 location. For more information, see Uploading Objects in the Amazon S3 Developer Guide. After you upload build files to the Amazon GameLift Amazon S3 location, you can't update them.

If successful, this operation creates a new build resource with a unique build ID and places it in INITIALIZED status. A build must be in READY status before you can create fleets with it.

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Uploading Your Game

Create a Build with Files in Amazon S3

All APIs by task

post/#X-Amz-Target=GameLift.CreateBuild

Headers

X-Amz-Target'GameLift.CreateBuild' required

Request body

Namestring

A descriptive label associated with a build. Build names don't need to be unique. You can change this value later.

Versionstring

Version information associated with a build or script. Version strings don't need to be unique. You can change this value later.

OperatingSystem'WINDOWS_2012' | 'AMAZON_LINUX' | 'AMAZON_LINUX_2' | 'WINDOWS_2016'

The operating system that you built the game server binaries to run on. This value determines the type of fleet resources that you can use for this build. If your game build contains multiple executables, they all must run on the same operating system. If an operating system isn't specified when creating a build, Amazon GameLift uses the default value (WINDOWS_2012). This value can't be changed later.

ServerSdkVersionstring

A server SDK version you used when integrating your game server build with Amazon GameLift. For more information see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/integration-custom-intro.html">Integrate games with custom game servers</a>. By default Amazon GameLift sets this value to <code>4.0.2</code>.

Response

Success