EC2 AMI

Amazon Machine Image

Resource Type

AWS.EC2.AMI

Resource ID Format

For EC2 AMIs, the resource ID is the ARN.

arn:aws:ec2:us-west-2:123456789012:image/ami-1

Background

EC2 AMIs contain information required to launch an instance.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
Architecture	String	The architecture of the image.
BlockDeviceMappings	List	Any block device mapping entries.
Description	String	The description of the AMI that was provided during image creation.
EnaSupport	Boolean
Hypervisor	String	The hypervisor type of the image.
ImageLocation	String	The location of the AMI.
ImageOwnerAlias	String	The AWS account alias or the AWS account ID of the AMI owner
ImageType	String	The type of image.
KernelId	String	The kernel associated with the image,
OwnerId	String	The AWS account ID of the image owner.
Platform	String	The instance operating system.
ProductCodes	List	Any product codes associated with the AMI.
Public	Boolean	Indicates whether the image has public launch permissions
RamdiskId	String	The RAM disk associated with the image.
RootDeviceName	String	The device name of the root device volume (for example, /dev/sda1).
RootDeviceType	String	The type of root device used by the AMI.
SriovNetSupport	String	Whether enhanced networking with the Intel 82599 Virtual Function interface is enabled.
State	String	The current state of the AMI. If the state is available, the image is successfully registered and can be used to launch an instance
StateReason	Map	The reason for the state change.
VirtualizationType	String	The type of virtualization of the AMI.

{
    "AccountId": "123456789012",
    "Architecture": "x86_64",
    "Arn": "arn:aws:ec2:us-west-2:123456789012:image/ami-1",
    "BlockDeviceMappings": [
        {
            "DeviceName": "/dev/xvda",
            "Ebs": {
                "AvailabilityZone": null,
                "AvailabilityZoneId": null,
                "DeleteOnTermination": true,
                "Encrypted": false,
                "Iops": 3000,
                "KmsKeyId": null,
                "OutpostArn": null,
                "SnapshotId": "snap-1",
                "Throughput": 125,
                "VolumeInitializationRate": null,
                "VolumeSize": 8,
                "VolumeType": "gp3"
            },
            "NoDevice": null,
            "VirtualName": null,
        }
    ],
    "Description": "Image Description",
    "EnaSupport": true,
    "Hypervisor": "xen",
    "Id": "ami-1",
    "ImageLocation": "amazon/amzn-ami.1",
    "ImageOwnerAlias": "amazon",
    "ImageType": "machine",
    "KernelId": null,
    "Name": "amzn-ami.1",
    "OwnerId": "123456789012",
    "Platform": null,
    "ProductCodes": null,
    "Public": true,
    "RamdiskId": null,
    "Region": "us-west-2",
    "ResourceId": "arn:aws:ec2:us-west-2:123456789012:image/ami-1",
    "ResourceType": "AWS.EC2.AMI",
    "RootDeviceName": "/dev/xvda",
    "RootDeviceType": "ebs",
    "SriovNetSupport": "simple",
    "State": "available",
    "StateReason": null,
    "Tags": null,
    "TimeCreated": "2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "VirtualizationType": "hvm"
}