In this particular approach I’ve used AWS CLI but same can also be achieved using AWS APIs. Process is 2 step:
black-pearl:tmp sidgod$ aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --path /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest --query "Parameters[].Name"
[
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn-ami-hvm-x86_64-ebs",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn-ami-hvm-x86_64-s3",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn-ami-minimal-hvm-x86_64-s3",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn-ami-minimal-pv-x86_64-s3",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn-ami-pv-x86_64-s3",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-arm64-gp2",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-ebs",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-minimal-hvm-arm64-ebs",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn-ami-minimal-hvm-x86_64-ebs",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn-ami-minimal-pv-x86_64-ebs",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn-ami-pv-x86_64-ebs",
"/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-minimal-hvm-x86_64-ebs"
]
black-pearl:tmp sidgod$ aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2
{
"Parameters": [
{
"Name": "/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2",
"Type": "String",
"Value": "ami-0d5eff06f840b45e9",
"Version": 46,
"LastModifiedDate": "2021-05-04T07:20:12.584000+05:30",
"ARN": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1::parameter/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2",
"DataType": "text"
}
],
"InvalidParameters": []
}As we can see first call gives is back all possible versions of Amazon Linux. I followed that call with second call to look for a specific version of Amazon Linux 2 version which is 64-bit and used GP2 based root device volume.
Hope this simple trick is useful!