AWS Parameter Store AMIs

From: Pete Wright <pete_at_nomadlogic.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:43:46 UTC
Hey there everyone,

I'd like to say thanks for putting the AMI's for recent releases in the 
aws parameter store, this certainly makes it easier for automation 
purposes.  I have one request though - in the release notes could we 
update the prose stating you can get the AMI's from the parameter store 
to include a hint about how to do it using the CLI?

I often try to use the web console to get the right AMI but find its 
super buggy and doesn't reliably show the full results, so then I have 
to remember the right syntax for the aws cli.

Perhaps it could be updated to something similar to:

"FreeBSD/aarch64 EC2 AMI IDs can be retrieved from the Systems Manager 
Parameter Store via the AWS CLI by running the following command:

'aws --region $REGION ssm get-parameter --name $KEY'

where $REGION is your desired AWS region, and $KEY is one of the following:"


-- 
Pete Wright
pete@nomadlogic.org