charltones / aws-ami-region-mapper

Tool to create mappings between AWS regions and AMIs for cloudformation

AWS AMI Region Mapper

This script will help you search for Amazon Web Services Machine Images (AMIs) and build region maps suitable for including in Cloudformation Templates.

Usage

You will need credentials configured for the AWS CLI or Boto3.

usage: aws_ami_region_mapper [-h] [-a | -w | -d DESCRIPTION] [-l | -j | -y]

Find AWS AMIs and build region maps

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -a, --amazon-linux    Get latest Amazon Linux AMI
  -w, --windows-2012    Get latest Windows Server 2012 AMI
  -d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION
                        Filter based on description
  -l, --list            output a list of matching AMIs
  -j, --json            output a json region map
  -y, --yaml            output a yaml region map

How to get it

pip install aws-ami-region-mapper

Sample output

This run shows how to get a region mapper for the latest Amazon Linux in json:

$ aws_ami_region_mapper -a -j
Creating region map for...
2018-01-03T19:04:51.000Z	ami-5583d42f	amzn-ami-hvm-2017.09.1.20180103-x86_64-gp2	Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09.1.20180103 x86_64 HVM GP2
{
    "AWSRegionToAMI": {
        "ap-northeast-1": {
            "AMI": "ami-19910c7f"
        },
        "ap-northeast-2": {
            "AMI": "ami-7bef4f15"
        },
        "ap-south-1": {
            "AMI": "ami-4c045023"
        },
        "ap-southeast-1": {
            "AMI": "ami-1c99ee60"
        },
        "ap-southeast-2": {
            "AMI": "ami-33996b51"
        },
        "ca-central-1": {
            "AMI": "ami-e5cc4981"
        },
        "eu-central-1": {
            "AMI": "ami-06a83869"
        },
        "eu-west-1": {
            "AMI": "ami-075eca7e"
        },
        "eu-west-2": {
            "AMI": "ami-63243c07"
        },
        "eu-west-3": {
            "AMI": "ami-8715a2fa"
        },
        "sa-east-1": {
            "AMI": "ami-9582c1f9"
        },
        "us-east-1": {
            "AMI": "ami-5583d42f"
        },
        "us-east-2": {
            "AMI": "ami-e81b308d"
        },
        "us-west-1": {
            "AMI": "ami-2f99984f"
        },
        "us-west-2": {
            "AMI": "ami-a142e9d9"
        }
    }
}

And for the latest Windows Server 2012 AMI in Yaml format:

$ aws_ami_region_mapper -w -y
Creating region map for...
2017-12-13T21:47:36.000Z	ami-e443379e	Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-Base-2017.12.13	Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM 64-bit Locale English AMI provided by Amazon
AWSRegionToAMI:
  ap-northeast-1:
    AMI: ami-e95ad78f
  ap-northeast-2:
    AMI: ami-a83492c6
  ap-south-1:
    AMI: ami-34fab25b
  ap-southeast-1:
    AMI: ami-4bcaaa37
  ap-southeast-2:
    AMI: ami-21e31543
  ca-central-1:
    AMI: ami-21b30945
  eu-central-1:
    AMI: ami-8c57dce3
  eu-west-1:
    AMI: ami-811a9ef8
  eu-west-2:
    AMI: ami-217b6245
  eu-west-3:
    AMI: ami-8750e7fa
  sa-east-1:
    AMI: ami-eb91d787
  us-east-1:
    AMI: ami-e443379e
  us-east-2:
    AMI: ami-c24e66a7
  us-west-1:
    AMI: ami-fc2e2a9c
  us-west-2:
    AMI: ami-aca706d4