Checking AMI ID for Datasync VM

Question

Hello everyone,

I want to launch an Ec2 instance as a Datasync agent with the relevant AMI ID. However, when I enter the command "aws ssm get-parameter --name /aws/service/datasync/ami --region ap-south-1" to check the AMI details, I am getting the error "An error occurred (ParameterNotFound) when calling the GetParameter operation".

Should I be creating a parameter in Session Manager for this? I do not the AMI ID for entering in the 'Value" field under "Parameter Store".

I have even checked with the command, " aws ec2 describe-images --owners amazon --filters "Name=name,Values=amzn-ami-hvm-????.??.?.*-x86_64-gp2" --query 'Images[*].[CreationDate,ImageId]' --output table --region ap-south-1". However, I cannot identify which is the AMI ID for using Datasync VM on EC2

How to identify which AMI to use for an EC2 instance that acts as Datasync Agent?

Accepted Answer

Are you able to check that you don't have some sort of SCP that prevents you working in the ap-south-1 region, or with SSM in general?  I've just tried the command you used, and received the following:
```
prompt: ~ % aws ssm get-parameter --name /aws/service/datasync/ami --region ap-south-1
{
    "Parameter": {
        "Name": "/aws/service/datasync/ami",
        "Type": "String",
        "Value": "ami-0570b524b979c5403",
        "Version": 61,
        "LastModifiedDate": "2023-05-04T14:35:06.205000+01:00",
        "ARN": "arn:aws:ssm:ap-south-1::parameter/aws/service/datasync/ami",
        "DataType": "text"
    }
}
```

Checking AMI ID for Datasync VM

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