AWS CLI command to find latest RHEL and Ubuntu images using JMESPath

aws-cli.sh

# Both are limited to HVM-based 64-bit AMIs backed by EBS

# Red Hat's latest GA images
alias ami_rhel="aws ec2 describe-images \
--filters \
'Name=root-device-type,Values=ebs' \
'Name=architecture,Values=x86_64' \
'Name=virtualization-type,Values=hvm' \
'Name=name,Values=*GA*' \
--owners 309956199498 \
--output table \
--query 'reverse(Images.sort_by([], &CreationDate))[].[ImageId, Name]'"

# Canonical's 20 latest non-beta/testing images
alias ami_ubuntu="aws ec2 describe-images \
 --filters \
 'Name=root-device-type,Values=ebs' \
 'Name=architecture,Values=x86_64' \
 'Name=virtualization-type,Values=hvm' \
 --owners 099720109477 \
 --output table \
 --query 'reverse(Images.sort_by([], &CreationDate))[?contains(Name,\`test\`)==\`false\`]|[?contains(Name,\`beta\`)==\`false\`]|[?contains(Name,\`Snappy\`)==\`false\`]|[0:20].[ImageId, Name]'"