Terraform find Ubuntu and Amazon Linux 2 AMIs

Posted on 28-Mar-2021

To find Ubuntu latest AMI, use the following code:

data "aws_ami" "ubuntu" {
  most_recent = true

  filter {
    name   = "name"
    values = ["ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-*"]
  }

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

  owners = ["099720109477"] # Canonical
}

If you need to get the Amazon Linux 2 AMI use the following code:

data "aws_ami" "amazon-2" {
  most_recent = true

  filter {
    name = "name"
    values = ["amzn2-ami-hvm-*-x86_64-ebs"]
  }
  owners = ["amazon"]
}

Then, in the aws_instance you need to add the reference to it:

resource "aws_instance" "my-ec2" {
	# get ubuntu AMI id
    ami = data.aws_ami.ubuntu.id
}

Or, if you use Amazon Linux 2 AMI

resource "aws_instance" "my-ec2" {
	# get Amazon Linux 2 AMI
    ami = data.aws_ami.amazon-2.id
}