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v2.274.0

LookupMachineImageProps Struct ​

Properties for looking up an image.

Example ​

ts
// Pick the right Amazon Linux edition. All arguments shown are optional
// and will default to these values when omitted.
const amznLinux = ec2.MachineImage.latestAmazonLinux({
  generation: ec2.AmazonLinuxGeneration.AMAZON_LINUX,
  edition: ec2.AmazonLinuxEdition.STANDARD,
  virtualization: ec2.AmazonLinuxVirt.HVM,
  storage: ec2.AmazonLinuxStorage.GENERAL_PURPOSE,
  cpuType: ec2.AmazonLinuxCpuType.X86_64,
});

// Pick a Windows edition to use
const windows = ec2.MachineImage.latestWindows(ec2.WindowsVersion.WINDOWS_SERVER_2019_ENGLISH_FULL_BASE);

// Read AMI id from SSM parameter store
const ssm = ec2.MachineImage.fromSsmParameter('/my/ami', { os: ec2.OperatingSystemType.LINUX });

// Look up the most recent image matching a set of AMI filters.
// In this case, look up the NAT instance AMI, by using a wildcard
// in the 'name' field:
const natAmi = ec2.MachineImage.lookup({
  name: 'amzn-ami-vpc-nat-*',
  owners: ['amazon'],
});

// For other custom (Linux) images, instantiate a `GenericLinuxImage` with
// a map giving the AMI to in for each region:
const linux = ec2.MachineImage.genericLinux({
  'us-east-1': 'ami-97785bed',
  'eu-west-1': 'ami-12345678',
  // ...
});

// For other custom (Windows) images, instantiate a `GenericWindowsImage` with
// a map giving the AMI to in for each region:
const genericWindows = ec2.MachineImage.genericWindows({
  'us-east-1': 'ami-97785bed',
  'eu-west-1': 'ami-12345678',
  // ...
});

Properties ​

additionalCacheKeyoptionalstringadditional_cache_keyoptionalstradditionalCacheKeyoptionalStringAdditionalCacheKeyoptionalstringAdditionalCacheKeyoptional*string#
Adds an additional discriminator to the `cdk.context.json` cache key.

Default: no additional cache key

filtersoptional{ [key: string]: string[] }filtersoptionaltyping.Mapping[str, typing.List[str]]filtersoptionalMap<String, List<String>>FiltersoptionalIDictionary<string, string[]>Filtersoptional*map[string]*[]*string#
Additional filters on the AMI.

Default: No additional filters

namestringnamestrnameStringNamestringName*stringrequired#
Name of the image (may contain wildcards).
ownersoptionalstring[]ownersoptionaltyping.List[str]ownersoptionalList<String>Ownersoptionalstring[]Ownersoptional*[]*string#
Owner account IDs or aliases.

Default: All owners

userDataoptionalUserDatauser_dataoptionalUserDatauserDataoptionalUserDataUserDataoptionalUserDataUserDataoptionalUserData#
Custom userdata for this image.

Default: Empty user data appropriate for the platform type

windowsoptionalbooleanwindowsoptionalboolwindowsoptionalBooleanWindowsoptionalboolWindowsoptional*bool= false#
Look for Windows images.