Amazon Machine Images (AMI) Snippets

ami.tf

provider "aws" {
  region = "eu-central-1"
  default_tags {
    tags = {
      terraform = "true"
    }
  }
}

# https://registry.terraform.io/providers/-/aws/latest/docs/data-sources/ami
data "aws_ami" "image" {
  most_recent = true

  filter {
    name   = "name"
    values = ["ubuntu-minimal/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-*"]
  }
  filter {
    name   = "architecture"
    values = ["x86_64"]
  }

  owners = ["099720109477"] # Canonical
}

output "image" {
  description = "AMI ID"
  value       = data.aws_ami.image.id
}

copy-image.sh

# Copy an AMI (you can copy an AMI from one Region to another)
# https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/CopyingAMIs.html#ami-copy-steps
# https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/copy-image.html

aws ec2 copy-image \
  --source-image-id "ami-03b52b3400f6c6a77" \
  --source-region "us-east-1" \
  --name "freebsd_13.3_x86_64-nils" \
  --region "eu-central-1"