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ModifyImageAttribute

Modifies the specified attribute of the specified AMI. You can specify only one attribute at a time.

To specify the attribute, you can use the Attribute parameter, or one of the following parameters: Description, ImdsSupport, or LaunchPermission.

Images with an AWS Marketplace product code cannot be made public.

To enable the SriovNetSupport enhanced networking attribute of an image, enable SriovNetSupport on an instance and create an AMI from the instance.

Request Parameters

The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Query Parameters.

Attribute

The name of the attribute to modify.

Valid values: description | imdsSupport | launchPermission

Type: String

Required: No

Description

A new description for the AMI.

Type: AttributeValue object

Required: No

DryRun

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

ImageId

The ID of the AMI.

Type: String

Required: Yes

ImdsSupport

Set to v2.0 to indicate that IMDSv2 is specified in the AMI. Instances launched from this AMI will have HttpTokens automatically set to required so that, by default, the instance requires that IMDSv2 is used when requesting instance metadata. In addition, HttpPutResponseHopLimit is set to 2. For more information, see Configure the AMI in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Important

Do not use this parameter unless your AMI software supports IMDSv2. After you set the value to v2.0, you can't undo it. The only way to “reset” your AMI is to create a new AMI from the underlying snapshot.

Type: AttributeValue object

Required: No

LaunchPermission

A new launch permission for the AMI.

Type: LaunchPermissionModifications object

Required: No

OperationType

The operation type. This parameter can be used only when the Attribute parameter is launchPermission.

Type: String

Valid Values: add | remove

Required: No

OrganizationalUnitArn.N

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an organizational unit (OU). This parameter can be used only when the Attribute parameter is launchPermission.

Type: Array of strings

Required: No

OrganizationArn.N

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an organization. This parameter can be used only when the Attribute parameter is launchPermission.

Type: Array of strings

Required: No

ProductCode.N

Not supported.

Type: Array of strings

Required: No

UserGroup.N

The user groups. This parameter can be used only when the Attribute parameter is launchPermission.

Type: Array of strings

Required: No

UserId.N

The AWS account IDs. This parameter can be used only when the Attribute parameter is launchPermission.

Type: Array of strings

Required: No

Value

The value of the attribute being modified. This parameter can be used only when the Attribute parameter is description or imdsSupport.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Elements

The following elements are returned by the service.

requestId

The ID of the request.

Type: String

return

Is true if the request succeeds, and an error otherwise.

Type: Boolean

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common client error codes.

Examples

Example 1

This example makes the AMI public (for example, so any AWS account can use it).

Sample Request


https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ModifyImageAttribute
&ImageId=ami-61a54008
&LaunchPermission.Add.1.Group=all
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response


<ModifyImageAttributeResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
  <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId> 
  <return>true</return>
</ModifyImageAttributeResponse>

Example 2

This example makes the AMI private (for example, so that only you as the owner can use it).

Sample Request


https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ModifyImageAttribute
&ImageId=ami-61a54008
&LaunchPermission.Remove.1.Group=all
&AUTHPARAMS

Example 3

This example grants launch permission to the AWS account with ID 111122223333.

Sample Request


https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ModifyImageAttribute
&ImageId=ami-61a54008
&LaunchPermission.Add.1.UserId=111122223333
&AUTHPARAMS

Example 4

This example adds the 774F4FF8 product code to the ami-61a54008 AMI.

Sample Request


https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ModifyImageAttribute
&ImageId=ami-61a54008
&ProductCode.1=774F4FF8
&AUTHPARAMS

Example 5

This example changes the description of the AMI to New Description.

Sample Request


https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ModifyImageAttribute
&ImageId=ami-61a54008
&Description.Value=New Description
&AUTHPARAMS

Example 6

This example sets the AMI to IMDSv2 only. Instances created from this AMI will require that IMDSv2 is used when requesting instance metadata.

Note that after you set the value to v2.0, you can't undo it.

Sample Request


https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ModifyImageAttribute
&ImageId=ami-61a54008
&ImdsSupport.Value=v2.0
&AUTHPARAMS