Subscribing to Amazon ECS-Optimized Amazon Linux AMI Update Notifications

The Amazon ECS-optimized Amazon Linux AMI receives regular updates for agent changes, Docker version updates, and Linux kernel security updates. You can subscribe to the AMI update Amazon SNS topic to receive notifications when a new Amazon ECS-optimized Amazon Linux AMI is available. Notifications are available in all formats that Amazon SNS supports.

Note

Your user account must have sns::subscribe IAM permissions to subscribe to an SNS topic.

You can subscribe an Amazon SQS queue to this notification topic, but you must use a topic ARN that is in the same region. For more information, see Tutorial: Subscribing an Amazon SQS Queue to an Amazon SNS Topic in the Amazon Simple Queue Service Developer Guide.

You can also use an AWS Lambda function to trigger events when notifications are received. For more information, see Invoking Lambda functions using Amazon SNS notifications in the Amazon Simple Notification Service Developer Guide.

The Amazon SNS topic ARNs for each region are shown below.

AWS Region	Amazon SNS Topic ARN
`us-east-1`	`arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`us-east-2`	`arn:aws:sns:us-east-2:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`us-west-1`	`arn:aws:sns:us-west-1:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`us-west-2`	`arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`ca-central-1`	`arn:aws:sns:ca-central-1:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`eu-west-1`	`arn:aws:sns:eu-west-1:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`eu-west-2`	`arn:aws:sns:eu-west-2:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`eu-west-3`	`arn:aws:sns:eu-west-3:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`eu-central-1`	`arn:aws:sns:eu-central-1:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`ap-northeast-1`	`arn:aws:sns:ap-northeast-1:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`ap-northeast-2`	`arn:aws:sns:ap-northeast-2:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`ap-southeast-1`	`arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`ap-southeast-2`	`arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-2:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`ap-south-1`	`arn:aws:sns:ap-south-1:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`
`sa-east-1`	`arn:aws:sns:sa-east-1:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update`

To subscribe to AMI update notification email in the AWS Management Console

Open the Amazon SNS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/sns/v2/home.
In the region list, choose the same Region as the topic ARN to which to subscribe. This example uses the us-west-2 Region.
In the left navigation pane, choose Subscriptions, Create subscription.
In the Create Subscription dialog box, for Topic ARN, paste the Amazon ECS-optimized Amazon Linux AMI update topic ARN: arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update.
For Protocol, choose Email. For Endpoint, type an email address that you can use to receive the notification.
Choose Create subscription.
In your email application, open the message from AWS Notifications and open the link to confirm your subscription.

Your web browser displays a confirmation response from Amazon SNS.

To subscribe to AMI update notification email with the AWS CLI

Run the following command with the AWS CLI:


aws sns --region us-west-2 subscribe --topic-arn arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:177427601217:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update --protocol email --notification-endpoint your_email@your_domain.com

In your email application, open the message from AWS Notifications and open the link to confirm your subscription.

Your web browser displays a confirmation response from Amazon SNS.

Amazon SNS Message Format

An example AMI update notification message is shown below:


{
  "Type" : "Notification",
  "MessageId" : "e2534930-337d-5561-8636-1a2be5ba802e",
  "TopicArn" : "arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:917786371007:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update",
  "Message" : "{\"ECSAgent\":{\"ReleaseVersion\":\"1.17.2\"},\"ECSAmis\":[{\"ReleaseVersion\":\"2017.09.j\",\"AgentVersion\":\"1.17.2\",\"ReleaseNotes\":\"This AMI includes the latest ECS agent 1.17.2\",\"OsType\":\"linux\",\"OperatingSystemName\":\"Amazon Linux\",\"Regions\":{\"ap-northeast-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-bb5f13dd\"},\"ap-northeast-2\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-3b19b455\"},\"ap-south-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-9e91cff1\"},\"ap-southeast-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-f88ade84\"},\"ap-southeast-2\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-a677b6c4\"},\"ca-central-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-db48cfbf\"},\"cn-north-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-ca508ca7\"},\"eu-central-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-3b7d1354\"},\"eu-west-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-64c4871d\"},\"eu-west-2\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-25f51242\"},\"eu-west-3\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-0356e07e\"},\"sa-east-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-da2c66b6\"},\"us-east-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-cad827b7\"},\"us-east-2\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-ef64528a\"},\"us-gov-west-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-cc3cb7ad\"},\"us-west-1\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-29b8b249\"},\"us-west-2\":{\"Name\":\"amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized\",\"ImageId\":\"ami-baa236c2\"}}}]}",
  "Timestamp" : "2018-03-09T00:25:43.483Z",
  "SignatureVersion" : "1",
  "Signature" : "XWox8GDGLRiCgDOXlo/fG9Lu/88P8S0FL6M6oQYOmUFzkucuhoblsdea3BjqdCHcWR7qdhMPQnLpN7y9iBrWVUqdAGJrukAI8athvAS+4AQD/V/QjrhsEnlj+GaiW+ozAu006X6GopOzFGnCtPMROjCMrMonjz7Hpv/8KRuMZR3pyQYm5d4wWB7xBPYhUMuLoZ1V8YFs55FMtgQV/YLhSYuEu0BP1GMtLQauxDkscOtPP/vjhGQLFx1Q9LTadcQiRHtNIBxWL87PSI+BVvkin6AL7PhksvdQ7FAgHfXsit+6p8GyOvKCqaeBG7HZhR1AbpyVka7JSNRO/6ssyrlj1g==",
  "SigningCertURL" : "https://sns.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/SimpleNotificationService-433026a4050d206028891664da859041.pem",
  "UnsubscribeURL" : "https://sns.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/?Action=Unsubscribe&SubscriptionArn=arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:917786371007:ecs-optimized-amazon-ami-update:8ad8798e-3bbf-4490-89b1-76136fca61dc"
}

The parsed Message value (with escaped quotes removed) is shown below:


{
  "ECSAgent": {
    "ReleaseVersion": "1.17.2"
  },
  "ECSAmis": [
    {
      "ReleaseVersion": "2017.09.j",
      "AgentVersion": "1.17.2",
      "ReleaseNotes": "This AMI includes the latest ECS agent 1.17.2",
      "OsType": "linux",
      "OperatingSystemName": "Amazon Linux",
      "Regions": {
        "ap-northeast-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-bb5f13dd"
        },
        "ap-northeast-2": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-3b19b455"
        },
        "ap-south-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-9e91cff1"
        },
        "ap-southeast-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-f88ade84"
        },
        "ap-southeast-2": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-a677b6c4"
        },
        "ca-central-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-db48cfbf"
        },
        "cn-north-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-ca508ca7"
        },
        "eu-central-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-3b7d1354"
        },
        "eu-west-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-64c4871d"
        },
        "eu-west-2": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-25f51242"
        },
        "eu-west-3": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-0356e07e"
        },
        "sa-east-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-da2c66b6"
        },
        "us-east-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-cad827b7"
        },
        "us-east-2": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-ef64528a"
        },
        "us-gov-west-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-cc3cb7ad"
        },
        "us-west-1": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-29b8b249"
        },
        "us-west-2": {
          "Name": "amzn-ami-2017.09.j-amazon-ecs-optimized",
          "ImageId": "ami-baa236c2"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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