Terraform data source: aws ami

• https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/data-sources/ami
• AWS instance example with aws ami lookup

data "aws_ami" "my_ubuntu" {
  most_recent = true

  filter {
    name   = "name"
    values = ["ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-hirsute-21.04-amd64-server-*"]
  } 

  filter {
    name   = "virtualization-type"
    values = ["hvm"]
  } 

  owners = ["099720109477"] # Canonical
} 

data "aws_ami" "amzlinux2" {
  most_recent = true
  owners      = ["amazon"]
 
  filter {
    name   = "name"
    values = ["amzn2-ami-hvm-*-x86_64-ebs"]
  }
}

RHEL

https://dev.to/drewmullen/terraform-boilerplate-common-awsami-searches-5hcg

data "aws_ami" "rhel_7" {
 most_recent = true
 owners      = ["309956199498"]

 filter {
   name = "name"
   values = ["RHEL-7.9_HVM_GA*-x86_64-0-Hourly2-GP2"]
 }
}

Related

• hvm or paravirtual
• terraform show | egrep -w "resource|data" | grep -v "#"
• aws_availability_zones
• aws_instance
• aws ec2 describe-images --owners self amazon

     values = ["ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-kinetic-22.10-amd64-server-*"]

• Terraform resource: aws_ami
• self
• arm64, amd64

See also

• aws_ami, aws ec2 describe-images, AMI ARM, aws_instance, data.aws_ami.ubuntu.id
• Terraform data sources: aws_vpc, template_file, aws_subnet_ids, terraform remote state, aws_eks_cluster, aws_ami, aws_availability_zones, aws_partition, archive_file