boto EC2 find all Ubuntu images?

Question

How do I find all Ubuntu images available in my region?

Attempt:

from boto.ec2 import connect_to_region


conn = connect_to_region(**dict(region_name=region, **aws_keys))
if not filters:  # Not as default arguments, as they should be immutable
    filters = {
        'architecture': 'x86_64',
        'name': 'ubuntu/images/ebs-*'
    }
print conn.get_all_images(owners=['amazon'], filters=filters)

I've also tried setting ubuntu/images/ebs-ssd/ubuntu-trusty-14.04-amd64-server-20140927, ubuntu*, *ubuntu and *ubuntu*.

aws api filters do not accept globs that I'm aware of – ptierno Nov 01 '14 at 15:56 — ptierno, Nov 01 '14 at 15:56

ptierno · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-01T22:38:02.603

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The AWS API does not accept globs in search filters as far as I am aware. You can use the owner id to find it. 'Amazon' is not the owner of the ubuntu images Canonical is.

Change owners=['amazon'] to owners=['099720109477'].

There is no owner alias for canonical as far as I can see, so you will have to use the owner id instead.

Hope this helps.

edited Nov 01 '14 at 22:38

answered Nov 01 '14 at 16:05

ptierno

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Thanks. And it does support globs, just tried: `'name': 'ubuntu*ssd*14.04*20140724'` which returned `[u'ubuntu/images/ebs-ssd/ubuntu-trusty-14.04-amd64-server-20140724', u'ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-trusty-14.04-amd64-server-20140724']` – A T Nov 03 '14 at 09:38

boto EC2 find all Ubuntu images?

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