Terraform data source: aws ami

• AWS instance example with aws ami lookup

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

See also

• Terraform data sources: aws_vpc, template_file, aws_subnet_ids, terraform remote state, aws_eks_cluster, aws_ami, aws_availability_zones, aws_partition
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