ami

Query Syntax

[<region>@]<argument>:<argument-value> <argument>:<argument-value>,<argument-value>

The ami lookup is meant to search for the most recent AMI created that matches the given filters.

Arguments

Any other arguments specified but not listed below are sent as filters to the AWS API. For example, architecture:x86_64 would add a filter.

region: Optional[str]

AWS region to search (e.g. us-east-1). Defaults to the current region.

owners: Union[List[str], str]

At least one owner must be specified in the query (e.g. amazon, self, or an AWS account ID). Multiple owners can be provided by using a comma to delimitate the list.

name_regex: str

Regex pattern for the name of the AMI (e.g. my-ubuntu-server-[0-9]+).

executable_users: Optional[str]

amazon, self, or an AWS account ID.

Example

# Grabs the most recently created AMI that is owned by either this account,
# amazon, or the account id 888888888888 that has a name that matches
# the regex "server[0-9]+" and has "i386" as its architecture.

# Note: The region is optional, and defaults to the current CFNgin region
ImageId: ${ami [<region>@]owners:self,888888888888,amazon name_regex:server[0-9]+ architecture:i386}