---
layout: "aws"
page_title: "AWS: aws_ami_ids"
sidebar_current: "docs-aws-datasource-ami-ids"
description: |-
  Provides a list of AMI IDs.
---

# aws\_ami_ids

Use this data source to get a list of AMI IDs matching the specified criteria.

## Example Usage

```hcl
data "aws_ami_ids" "ubuntu" {
  owners = ["099720109477"]

  filter {
    name   = "name"
    values = ["ubuntu/images/ubuntu-*-*-amd64-server-*"]
  }
}
```

## Argument Reference

* `executable_users` - (Optional) Limit search to users with *explicit* launch
permission on  the image. Valid items are the numeric account ID or `self`.

* `filter` - (Optional) One or more name/value pairs to filter off of. There
are several valid keys, for a full reference, check out
[describe-images in the AWS CLI reference][1].

* `owners` - (Optional) Limit search to specific AMI owners. Valid items are
the numeric account ID, `amazon`, or `self`.

* `name_regex` - (Optional) A regex string to apply to the AMI list returned
by AWS. This allows more advanced filtering not supported from the AWS API.
This filtering is done locally on what AWS returns, and could have a performance
impact if the result is large. It is recommended to combine this with other
options to narrow down the list AWS returns.

~> **NOTE:** At least one of `executable_users`, `filter`, `owners` or
`name_regex` must be specified.

## Attributes Reference

`ids` is set to the list of AMI IDs, sorted by creation time in descending
order.

[1]: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-images.html