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

Amazon EC2 now includes public SSM parameters in AMI metadata, simplifying AMI updates by providing direct access to the latest version via an alias

Amazon EC2 now surfaces AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Parameter Store parameters associated with public AMIs directly in the AMI metadata. When you describe a public AMI, the response includes the associated public SSM parameter, making it easy to discover and reference in your configurations. Previously, finding the SSM parameter associated with a public AMI required manually searching through SSM parameter namespaces. This change allows you to easily discover the SSM parameter for a public AMI and use it as an alias that always resolves to the latest version, simplifying AMI updates across your infrastructure. This capability is available to all customers at no additional cost in all AWS regions.

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