EC2 / Resource / Image

Image

Note

Before using anything on this page, please refer to the resources user guide for the most recent guidance on using resources.

class EC2.Image(id)

A resource representing an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Image:

import boto3

ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')
image = ec2.Image('id')

Parameters:

id (string) – The Image’s id identifier. This must be set.

Identifiers

Identifiers are properties of a resource that are set upon instantiation of the resource. For more information about identifiers refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource’s available identifiers:

• id

Attributes

Attributes provide access to the properties of a resource. Attributes are lazy-loaded the first time one is accessed via the load() method. For more information about attributes refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource’s available attributes:

• architecture
• block_device_mappings
• boot_mode
• creation_date
• deprecation_time
• description
• ena_support
• hypervisor
• image_id
• image_location
• image_owner_alias
• image_type
• imds_support
• kernel_id
• name
• owner_id
• platform
• platform_details
• product_codes
• public
• ramdisk_id
• root_device_name
• root_device_type
• sriov_net_support
• state
• state_reason
• tags
• tpm_support
• usage_operation
• virtualization_type

Actions

Actions call operations on resources. They may automatically handle the passing in of arguments set from identifiers and some attributes. For more information about actions refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource’s available actions:

• create_tags
• deregister
• describe_attribute
• get_available_subresources
• load
• modify_attribute
• reload
• reset_attribute

Waiters

Waiters provide an interface to wait for a resource to reach a specific state. For more information about waiters refer to the Resources Introduction Guide.

These are the resource’s available waiters:

• wait_until_exists