guessi / eks-ami-finder

retrieve Amazon EKS AMI with filters

eks-ami-finder

retrieve Amazon EKS AMI with filters

Usage

$ eks-ami-finder --version

eks-ami-finder version 1.0.11

$ eks-ami-finder --help

NAME:
   eks-ami-finder - retrieve Amazon EKS AMI with filters

USAGE:
   eks-ami-finder [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   1.0.11

COMMANDS:
   help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --region value, -r value              Region for the AMI (default: "us-east-1")
   --owner-id value, -o value            Owner ID of the AMI
   --ami-type value, -t value            x86_64, x86_64-gpu, arm64 (default: "x86_64")
   --kubernetes-version value, -V value  Kubernetes version for AMI (default: "1.29")
   --release-date value, -d value        Release date with [yyyy], [yyyymm] or [yyyymmdd] format
   --include-deprecated                  (default: false)
   --max-results value, -n value         (default: "20")
   --debug                               (default: false)
   --help, -h                            show help
   --version, -v                         print the version

Sample Output

Click to expand!

$ eks-ami-finder --region us-east-1 --kubernetes-version 1.29 --release-date 2024 # for all 1.29 AMIs released in 2024

+-----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------+
| Region    | AMI ID                | Name                           | Description                                                                         | DeprecationTime          | Architecture |
+-----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------+
| us-east-1 | ami-07809c837cb3ae71e | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240315 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-03-15T09:06:05.000Z | x86_64       |
| us-east-1 | ami-0b047bdfc83a5c3f4 | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240307 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-03-07T10:20:08.000Z | x86_64       |
| us-east-1 | ami-0a5010afd9acfaa26 | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240227 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-02-28T09:11:21.000Z | x86_64       |
| us-east-1 | ami-061821f70393c7d78 | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240213 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-02-13T18:20:59.000Z | x86_64       |
| us-east-1 | ami-0b9bc6b8474b03237 | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240209 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-02-09T23:02:11.000Z | x86_64       |
| us-east-1 | ami-0a16c02fd2b47c38d | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240202 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-02-02T18:20:54.000Z | x86_64       |
| us-east-1 | ami-0fc370be4e6093918 | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240129 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-01-30T18:26:05.000Z | x86_64       |
| us-east-1 | ami-0c482d7ce1aa0dd44 | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240117 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-01-17T23:44:24.000Z | x86_64       |
+-----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------+

$ eks-ami-finder --region us-east-1 --kubernetes-version 1.29 --release-date 202402 # for all 1.29 AMIs released with specific month

+-----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------+
| Region    | AMI ID                | Name                           | Description                                                                         | DeprecationTime          | Architecture |
+-----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------+
| us-east-1 | ami-0a5010afd9acfaa26 | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240227 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-02-28T09:11:21.000Z | x86_64       |
| us-east-1 | ami-061821f70393c7d78 | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240213 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-02-13T18:20:59.000Z | x86_64       |
| us-east-1 | ami-0b9bc6b8474b03237 | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240209 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-02-09T23:02:11.000Z | x86_64       |
| us-east-1 | ami-0a16c02fd2b47c38d | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240202 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-02-02T18:20:54.000Z | x86_64       |
+-----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------+

$ eks-ami-finder --region us-east-1 --kubernetes-version 1.29 --release-date 20240227 # for all 1.29 AMIs released with specific date

+-----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------+
| Region    | AMI ID                | Name                           | Description                                                                         | DeprecationTime          | Architecture |
+-----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------+
| us-east-1 | ami-0a5010afd9acfaa26 | amazon-eks-node-1.29-v20240227 | EKS Kubernetes Worker AMI with AmazonLinux2 image, (k8s: 1.29.0, containerd: 1.7.*) | 2026-02-28T09:11:21.000Z | x86_64       |
+-----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------+

Install

Homebrew

brew tap guessi/tap && brew install eks-ami-finder

For non-Homebrew users

Click to expand!

For Linux users

curl -fsSL https://github.com/guessi/eks-ami-finder/releases/latest/download/eks-ami-finder-Linux-$(uname -m).tar.gz -o - | tar zxvf -
mv -vf ./eks-ami-finder /usr/local/bin/eks-ami-finder

For macOS users

curl -fsSL https://github.com/guessi/eks-ami-finder/releases/latest/download/eks-ami-finder-Darwin-$(uname -m).tar.gz -o - | tar zxvf -
mv -vf ./eks-ami-finder /usr/local/bin/eks-ami-finder

For Windows users

$SRC = 'https://github.com/guessi/eks-ami-finder/releases/latest/download/eks-ami-finder-Windows-x86_64.tar.gz'
$DST = 'C:\Temp\eks-ami-finder-Windows-x86_64.tar.gz'
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $SRC -OutFile $DST

License

Apache-2.0