Amazon EC2 now surfaces the public SSM parameters associated with public AMIs

Amazon EC2 ยท 2026-07-16

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Technical Details

Regions all, AWS China (Beijing), AWS China (Ningxia), AWS GovCloud (US)
Cost Impact Neutral

What This Means

For DevOps Teams

Update your AMI configuration processes to leverage the newly surfaced SSM parameters, simplifying the discovery and use of public AMIs in your deployments.

For Platform Teams

Adopt the new feature to enhance your configuration management practices, reducing toil and ensuring that your infrastructure always uses the latest AMI versions.

For Executives

Evaluate the new capability to streamline AMI configuration management, reducing manual effort and ensuring consistent use of the latest AMI versions across your infrastructure.

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