Retrieve recommended Bottlerocket AMI IDs

When deploying nodes, you can specify an ID for a pre-built Amazon EKS optimized Amazon Machine Image (AMI). To retrieve an AMI ID that fits your desired configuration, query the AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store API. Using this API eliminates the need to manually look up Amazon EKS optimized AMI IDs. For more information, see GetParameter. The IAM principal that you use must have the ssm:GetParameter IAM permission to retrieve the Amazon EKS optimized AMI metadata.

You can retrieve the image ID of the latest recommended Amazon EKS optimized Bottlerocket AMI with the following AWS CLI command, which uses the sub-parameter image_id. Make the following modifications to the command as needed and then run the modified command:

• Replace kubernetes-version with a supported Amazon EKS version.

• Replace -flavor with one of the following options.

  • Remove -flavor for variants without a GPU.

  • Use -nvidia for GPU-enabled variants.

  • Use -fips for FIPS-enabled variants.

• Replace architecture with one of the following options.

  • Use x86_64 for x86 based instances.

  • Use arm64 for ARM instances.

• Replace region-code with an Amazon EKS supported AWS Region for which you want the AMI ID.

aws ssm get-parameter --name /aws/service/bottlerocket/aws-k8s-kubernetes-version-flavor/architecture/latest/image_id \
    --region region-code --query "Parameter.Value" --output text

Here’s an example command after placeholder replacements have been made.

aws ssm get-parameter --name /aws/service/bottlerocket/aws-k8s-1.31/x86_64/latest/image_id \
    --region us-west-2 --query "Parameter.Value" --output text

An example output is as follows.

ami-1234567890abcdef0