AWS: get AMI IDs

get-ami-ids-sorted-by-creationdate.sh

#!/bin/bash

aws \
  ec2 describe-images \
    --owner "self" \
    --filter "Name=root-device-type,Values=ebs" \
    --filter "Name=hypervisor,Values=xen" \
    --filter "Name=state,Values=available" \
    --filter "Name=architecture,Values=x86_64" \
    --filter "Name=public,Values=true" \
    --filter "Name=image-type,Values=machine" \
    --filters "Name=name,Values=cultivatedops-base-*" \
| \
jq \
  --sort-keys \
  ".Images | sort_by(.CreationDate) | reverse | .[0] | { ImageId } | .ImageId"

get-ami-ids.sh

#!/bin/bash

aws \
  ec2 \
    describe-images \
      --owner "amazon" \
      --filter "Name=root-device-type,Values=ebs" \
      --filter "Name=hypervisor,Values=xen" \
      --filter "Name=state,Values=available" \
      --filter "Name=architecture,Values=x86_64" \
      --filter "Name=public,Values=true" \
      --filter "Name=image-type,Values=machine" \
      --filter "Name=description,Values=Amazon Linux AMI 2016.03.0 x86_64 minimal PV EBS" \
| jq