AWS instance example with aws ami lookup

Ubuntu Hirsute 21.04

provider "aws" {
  region  = "us-west-2"
  profile = "YourProfile"
}
 
data "aws_ami" "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
} 
 
resource "aws_instance" "myUbuntuMicroInstance" {
  ami           = data.aws_ami.ubuntu.id
  instance_type = "t3.micro" 

  tags = {
    Name = "MyInstanceName"
  }
}

Ubuntu Focal 20.04

provider "aws" {
  region  = "us-west-2"
  profile = "YourProfile"
}

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
}

resource "aws_instance" "myUbuntuMicroInstance" {
  ami           = data.aws_ami.ubuntu.id
  instance_type = "t3.micro"

  tags = {
    Name = "MyInstanceName"
  }
}

Related terms

• Amazon AMI
• aws_instance

See also

• terraform apply [ -auto-approve | -refresh-only, -destroy | --help ], Terraform examples, Still creating..., Terraform apply examples with errors