Re: AWS Parameter Store AMIs

From: Pete Wright <pete_at_nomadlogic.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 20:26:06 UTC
On 7/12/24 12:30, Colin Percival wrote:
> On 7/12/24 11:43, Pete Wright wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Ooh, someone is actually using these?  Awesome!  Good to know it's not
> just me. :-)
>
> BTW depending on the nature of your automation you might also want to
> subscribe to SNS notifications of new AMIs:
>     arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:782442783595:FreeBSDAMI

oh nice one, thanks!

> Does this look good?
>
>> FreeBSD/amd64 EC2 AMI IDs can be retrieved from the Systems Manager
>> Parameter Store via the AWS CLI using the command
>>
>>     % aws --region $REGION ssm get-parameter --name $KEY
>>
>> where $REGION is the desired region and $KEY is one of the following 
>> keys:
>>
>>     /aws/service/freebsd/amd64/base/ufs/15.0/CURRENT
>>     /aws/service/freebsd/amd64/base/zfs/15.0/CURRENT
>>     /aws/service/freebsd/amd64/cloud-init/ufs/15.0/CURRENT
>>     /aws/service/freebsd/amd64/cloud-init/zfs/15.0/CURRENT
>>
>> FreeBSD/aarch64 EC2 AMI IDs can be retrieved using the keys:
>>
>>     /aws/service/freebsd/arm64/base/ufs/15.0/CURRENT
>>     /aws/service/freebsd/arm64/base/zfs/15.0/CURRENT
>>     /aws/service/freebsd/arm64/cloud-init/ufs/15.0/CURRENT
>>     /aws/service/freebsd/arm64/cloud-init/zfs/15.0/CURRENT
>
> I can make this change for next week's snapshot announcements.


awesome looks good on my end, thanks so much!

-pete


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Pete Wright
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