Python Script to Get Ubuntu 16.04 Image Ids

Download the script at https://gist.github.com/drpventura/f20aa74e171c4eee047b90f592ae6110 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and rename it to list_ubuntu_amis.py. Then modify the code in list_ubuntu_amis.py to extract the Ubuntu 16.04 image ids from AWS using boto3 and display them in the same format.

script from link:

"""
	List the Amazon Linux AMI ids for each region
	"""
	import boto3
	from pprint import pprint
	ec2 = boto3.client('ec2')
	resp = ec2.describe_regions()
	region_names = sorted([region['RegionName'] for region in resp['Regions']])
	filters = [{'Name': 'architecture',
	'Values': ['x86_64']},
	{'Name': 'virtualization-type',
	'Values': ['hvm']},
	{'Name': 'name',
	'Values': ['amzn-ami-hvm-2017.09.0*-gp2']}]
	for region in region_names:
	ec2 = boto3.client('ec2', region)
	resp = ec2.describe_images(Filters=filters)
	# print()
	print(' ' + region + ':')
	print(' AMI: ' + resp['Images'][0]['ImageId'])
	# pprint(resp['Images'])
	#pprint(ec2.describe_images(Filters=[{'Name': 'image-id', 'Values': ['ami-8c1be5f6']}]))