Generate AMI hashtable for cloudformation

generate-ami-hashtable-for-cloudformation.ps1

# Ensure you amend this value to reflect the AMI you're interested in
$imageType = "Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-Core"



$resultsArchitectureFirst = @{'64'=@();'32'=@()};
$resultsRegionFirst = @{};

# Loop through all regions and find the appropriate image 
foreach($region in $(Get-AWSRegion).Region){
    if(!($image = $(Get-EC2Image -Region $region -Filters $(New-Object Amazon.EC2.Model.Filter -Property @{Name = "name"; Values = "$ImageType*"}) -Owners 801119661308 | select -first 1))){
        continue;
    }
    
    # Figure out the architecture of the OS into the format we want
    if($image.architecture -eq 'x86_64'){
        $architecture = '64';
    }else{
        $architecture = '32';
    }

    $resultsArchitectureFirst.$architecture += new-object PSObject -Property @{
        "Region"=$region;
        "ImageID"=$image.imageID
    }
    $resultsRegionFirst.Add($region,@{
        $architecture = $image.imageID;
    })
}

$resultsArchitectureFirst | ConvertTo-Json
$resultsRegionFirst | ConvertTo-Json