ubuntu-ami-locator

Locate "official" Ubuntu AMI from javascript or the command line. This is based on the same data source as the Amazon EC2 AMI Locator. Inspired by Scott Moser's How to find the right Ubuntu AMI on EC2

Note that if all you need is the command line tool (and you are already on ubuntu), you can use the ubuntu-cloudimg-query command in the cloud-utils package.

Install

    npm install ubuntu-ami-locator

Example

From code

var locator = require("ubuntu-ami-locator");

locator.query({
    itype: "ebs",
    region: "us-west-2",
    suite: "precise",
    stream: "server",
    tag: "release",
    arch: "amd64",
    virttype: "paravirtual"
  }, function (error, data) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
  });

{
  "ami":"ami-4ad94c7a",
  "aki":"aki-fc37bacc",
  "serial":"20130222",
  ...
}

From command line (leverages some defaults)

$ ubuntu-ami-locator --itype ebs --region us-west-2 
ami-4ad94c7a

Command Line Usage

usage: node ./ubuntu-ami-locator --itype <itype> (--ec2 | --region <region>) [other arguments]

Options:
  --itype     instance-store | ebs                                    [required]
  --ec2       auto-discover region from ec2 instance meta-data         [boolean]
  --region    an AWS region, e.g. us-west-2 (required unless ec2)               
  --suite     precise | quantal | raring | etc.             [default: "precise"]
  --stream    server | desktop                               [default: "server"]
  --tag       release | daily                               [default: "release"]
  --serial    e.g. 20130222                                                     
  --arch      amd64 | i386                                    [default: "amd64"]
  --virttype  paravirtual | hvm                         [default: "paravirtual"]
  --current   consider only current releases          [boolean]  [default: true]
  --multiple  allow multiple matches (implies --json)
                                                     [boolean]  [default: false]
  --json      print full record as JSON object (or array if --multiple set).
              Default output is just AMI.            [boolean]  [default: false]

License

MIT