Answers: <h1>Ubuntu AMIs</h1>
  <p>Ubuntu <a href="https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">maintains a page with the latest AMIs in each region</a> for your convenience and reference.</p>
  <h1>Rocky Linux</h1>
  <p>Rocky Linux also maintains a <a href="https://rockylinux.org/cloud-images/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">handy page for finding AMIs in each region</a>.</p>
  <h1>Amazon or other specific vendor AMIs</h1>
  <p>The AWS console can be rather limiting, but you can <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/query-for-the-latest-amazon-linux-ami-ids-using-aws-systems-manager-parameter-store/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">find the latest AMI with the awscli tool</a>.</p>
  <p>Get a list of Amazon images:</p>
  <pre><code>aws ec2 describe-images --owners amazon --filters &quot;Name=name,Values=amzn*&quot; --query 'sort_by(Images, &amp;CreationDate)[].Name'
  </code></pre>
  <p>Use AWS Systems Manager paramater store to find the latest one with the name you want:</p>
  <pre><code>aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2 --region us-east-1 
  </code></pre>
  <p>Then make sure you always use the latest when launching an instance:</p>
  <pre><code>aws ec2 run-instances --image-id $(aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2 --query 'Parameters[0].[Value]' --output text) --count 1 --instance-type m4.large
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>I am trying to create an instance in the Launch Configuration menu, but it is impossible to find the needed AMI from the dropdown.</p>
  <ul>
  <li>I expected following menu:</li>
  </ul>
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  <ul>
  <li>But currently AWS provides the following possibilities ()selection from the dropdown:</li>
  </ul>
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  <ul>
  <li>I can't find the needed AMI from the list (Linux for example)
  The bottom line is that I can't even use the <code>search</code> dropdown. It does not find existing AMI's:</li>
  </ul>
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  <p><strong>It's confusing and I do not know how to use AWS now...</strong></p>
  
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Title: How to find an AMI in the new AWS console version?
UserDisplayName: user34650
ThreadText: # How to find an AMI in the new AWS console version?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-25)
  
  I am trying to create an instance in the Launch Configuration menu, but it is impossible to find the needed AMI from the dropdown.
  
  * I expected following menu:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/beOyx.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/beOyx.jpg)
  
  * But currently AWS provides the following possibilities ()selection from the dropdown:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/bCMDG.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/bCMDG.png)
  
  * I can't find the needed AMI from the list (Linux for example)
    The bottom line is that I can't even use the `search` dropdown. It does not find existing AMI's:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/5Aiun.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/5Aiun.png)
  
  **It's confusing and I do not know how to use AWS now...**
  
  **Tags:** amazon-web-services
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-03-26. Score: 3
  
  # Ubuntu AMIs
  
  Ubuntu [maintains a page with the latest AMIs in each region](https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/) for your convenience and reference.
  
  # Rocky Linux
  
  Rocky Linux also maintains a [handy page for finding AMIs in each region](https://rockylinux.org/cloud-images/).
  
  # Amazon or other specific vendor AMIs
  
  The AWS console can be rather limiting, but you can [find the latest AMI with the awscli tool](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/query-for-the-latest-amazon-linux-ami-ids-using-aws-systems-manager-parameter-store/).
  
  Get a list of Amazon images:
  
  ```
  aws ec2 describe-images --owners amazon --filters "Name=name,Values=amzn*" --query 'sort_by(Images, &CreationDate)[].Name'
  
  ```
  
  Use AWS Systems Manager paramater store to find the latest one with the name you want:
  
  ```
  aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2 --region us-east-1 
  
  ```
  
  Then make sure you always use the latest when launching an instance:
  
  ```
  aws ec2 run-instances --image-id $(aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2 --query 'Parameters[0].[Value]' --output text) --count 1 --instance-type m4.large
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Also to note that images older than 2 years may now be hidden https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/03/amazon-machine-images-public-visibility-two-years/  
  
  ---
  
  