---
id: aws-cdk-aws-batch
version: "1.204.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# aws-cdk.aws-batch — The CDK Construct Library for AWS::Batch

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 114.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package provides AWS CDK v1 constructs for defining AWS Batch infrastructure in Python code. It lets you declare compute environments (managed or unmanaged, supporting EC2, Spot, and Fargate), job queues with priority-based scheduling, and job definitions—all the core resources needed to run batch workloads on AWS. The package wraps AWS Batch's queue-based job processing model, allowing you to specify resource requirements, container images, environment variables, and allocation strategies programmatically.

However, AWS CDK v1 reached end-of-support on 2023-06-01 and is no longer being updated. New projects should use AWS CDK v2 instead. Existing projects using this package will continue to work but will not receive bug fixes, security updates, or new features. The package depends on 11 runtime libraries including aws-cdk.aws-ec2, aws-cdk.aws-ecs, aws-cdk.aws-iam, and the core CDK framework.

Use it for:

- Define managed compute environments that auto-scale EC2 or Fargate resources based on batch job demand.
- Create job queues with priority-based scheduling to handle high-priority jobs before lower-priority ones.
- Specify job definitions with container images, vCPU/memory requirements, and environment variables as infrastructure code.
- Configure spot-based compute environments to reduce costs by bidding for EC2 Spot instances at a percentage of on-demand pricing.
- Import and reference existing AWS Batch resources (compute environments, queues) into CDK stacks for hybrid infrastructure management.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Defines AWS Batch infrastructure (compute environments, job queues, and job definitions) as Python code using AWS CDK v1 constructs.

No—do not install for new projects. AWS CDK v1 is end-of-support as of 2023-06-01 and receives no updates. Use AWS CDK v2's batch constructs instead. For existing CDK v1 projects already in production, this package will continue to work but should be migrated to v2 on a planned schedule to maintain security and feature parity.

## Install

pip install aws-cdk-aws-batch
uv add aws-cdk-aws-batch
poetry add aws-cdk-aws-batch

## Installing aws-cdk.aws-batch

Before you install: Low install friction with pure Python wheel distribution. Maintenance status is active, but the package is classified as Inactive (Development Status 7) because AWS CDK v1 reached end-of-support on 2023-06-01; users should migrate to AWS CDK v2.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial use, modification, and redistribution with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install aws-cdk.aws-batch

from aws_cdk import aws_batch as batch
from aws_cdk import aws_ec2 as ec2

vpc = ec2.Vpc(self, "VPC")
compute_env = batch.ComputeEnvironment(self, "ComputeEnv",
    compute_resources=batch.ComputeResources(vpc=vpc)
)

Requires AWS CDK v1 core library and an active AWS account; AWS CDK v1 is end-of-support as of 2023-06-01.

Verify before relying:

- Whether existing CDK v1 deployments using this package continue to function in production after the 2023-06-01 end-of-support date.
- Migration path complexity and effort required to move from CDK v1 to CDK v2 for projects currently using this package.

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 114.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

aws batch infrastructure as code, cdk batch job queue, aws batch compute environment, batch processing cdk, aws batch job definition, cdk batch provisioning, cdk-v1-eol, aws-batch, infrastructure-as-code

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