List of Public SSM Parameters of latest Operating System EC2 Images

We are running CI/CD pipelines that take the latest EC2 Image of Windows or Red Hat then it will automatically install the required security agents and check if they are properly installed.

At first, it was a hassle since we had to always be on the lookout for the latest EC2 Image ID of our target operating system and input this manually into our pipeline. But as it turns out AWS maintains SSM Parameters that holds the latest Image IDs of various operating systems and their versions.

Sometimes I see these in CloudFormation scripts.

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