Where can I find "Amazon ECS GPU-optimized AMI" in the EC2 console?

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According to this document, Amazon recommends an AMI called "Amazon ECS GPU-optimized AMI" for workloads targeting GPU on ECS. I have a docker image built that requires GPU, so I want to use this AMI as the base for ECS. But I can't find that AMI anywhere in the console. There's a Amazon official AMI called "Deep Learning AMI GPU PyTorch 1.13.1 (Amazon Linux 2) 20230201", but it can't possibly be that one, because in the docs, Amazon(without a link) is calling it "Amazon ECS GPU-optimized AMI", nothing about "Deep Learning" or "PyTorch" in noted in the docs, and nothing about "ECS" is mentioned in the AMI title. In the Marketplace AMIs, there's one called "ECS-Optimized Amazon Linux 2 GPU with Support by Supported Images" which is the closest name to what the AWS docs have referenced, but that's by a 3rd party company called "Supported Images", which is not mentioned in the AWS docs, and has just about the shadiest website i've seen since 1998 https://supportedimages.com/ (was surprised to find NO comic sans on their website). The name alone seems like exactly what you'd call a scammy company trying to get credibility.

Can anyone help me find what Amazon is referrring to in this document, when they say "Amazon ECS GPU-optimized AMI"? Thank you.

  • It's possible that the "Amazon ECS GPU-optimized AMI" mentioned in the document has been deprecated or changed. It's also possible that there was a mistake or error in the document. To be certain, it would be best to reach out to Amazon Web Services support for clarification on which Amazon Machine Image (AMI) they currently recommend for workloads targeting GPU on Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS).

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Hello Peter,

Amazon ECS team publishes the ECS Optimized AMI IDs as a parameter on Systems Manager Parameter Store. For more info, please check here.

To find the latest ECS Optimized AMI ID for your desired AWS region, you can run the below AWS CLI command.

aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ecs/optimized-ami/amazon-linux-2/gpu/recommended --region <enter-region-here>

Hope this helps!

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