That’s the account number of Cannonical, the company that produces the Ubuntu 
operating system. If you want a pure Ubuntu image, they’re the people to get it 
from. 

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> On Aug 14, 2018, at 5:33 PM, Steve Schofield <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Is the 0997.. the standard acct owner of all images?  i seen the number 
> referenced in a few article samples...
> 
>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 7:09 PM Megan Marsh <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If you're looking for the AMI released by Cannonical, you need the 
>> appropriate "owner": 
>> 
>> This works for me:
>> 
>>             "source_ami_filter": {
>>               "filters": {
>>               "virtualization-type": "hvm",
>>               "name": "ubuntu/images/*ubuntu-xenial-16.04-amd64-server-*",
>>               "root-device-type": "ebs"
>>               },
>>               "owners": ["099720109477"],
>>               "most_recent": true
>>             },
>> 
>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:38 PM, Steve Schofield 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I'm newer to packer and aws...I've spent the afternoon and got an image 
>>> build if I hard code an ami image name.  I can't get filtering to work.  I 
>>> get the error about not finding anything.  I did get my sample to build 
>>> successfully in aws account if I hard code the name of the ami.   I'm a bit 
>>> lost where to turn to next.   I'll continue to search the interwebs.  
>>> Looking for some direction.
>>> 
>>> I've been using the following URL for 
>>> reference...https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeImages.html
>>> My complete JSON is listed below.
>>> 
>>> amazon-ebs output will be in this color.
>>> 
>>> ==> amazon-ebs: Prevalidating AMI Name: packer-ES-1534285997
>>> ==> amazon-ebs: No AMI was found matching filters: {
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:   Filters: [{
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:       Name: "name",
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:       Values: 
>>> ["ubuntu/images/*ubuntu-xenial-16.04-amd64-server-*"]
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:     },{
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:       Name: "root-device-type",
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:       Values: ["ebs"]
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:     },{
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:       Name: "virtualization-type",
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:       Values: ["hvm"]
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:     }],
>>> ==> amazon-ebs:   Owners: ["123456789"]
>>> ==> amazon-ebs: }
>>> Build 'amazon-ebs' errored: No AMI was found matching filters: {
>>>   Filters: [{
>>>       Name: "name",
>>>       Values: ["ubuntu/images/*ubuntu-xenial-16.04-amd64-server-*"]
>>>     },{
>>>       Name: "root-device-type",
>>>       Values: ["ebs"]
>>>     },{
>>>       Name: "virtualization-type",
>>>       Values: ["hvm"]
>>>     }],
>>>   Owners: ["123456789"]
>>> }
>>> 
>>> complete json
>>> 
>>> {
>>>  "builders": [
>>>   {
>>>    "type": "amazon-ebs",
>>>    "access_key": "{{user `access_key_#`}}",
>>>    "secret_key": "{{user `secret_key_#`}}",
>>>    "region": "us-east-1",
>>>          "instance_type" : "t2.micro",
>>>          "ssh_username" : "ubuntu",
>>>          "ami_name" : "packer-ES-{{timestamp}}",
>>>          "source_ami_filter": {
>>>             "filters": {
>>>               "virtualization-type": "hvm",
>>>               "name": "ubuntu/images/*ubuntu-xenial-16.04-amd64-server-*",
>>>               "root-device-type": "ebs"
>>>             },
>>>             "owners": ["123456789"],
>>>             "most_recent": true
>>>          },
>>>          "launch_block_device_mappings" : [
>>>             {
>>>                "device_name" : "/dev/sdb",
>>>                "delete_on_termination" : true,
>>>                "volume_size" : 10,
>>>                "volume_type" : "gp2"
>>>             }
>>>          ],
>>>          "ami_block_device_mappings" : [
>>>             {
>>>                "device_name" : "/dev/sdb",
>>>                "delete_on_termination" : true,
>>>                "volume_type" : "gp2"
>>>             }
>>>          ]
>>>       }
>>>    ],
>>>    "provisioners": [
>>>      {
>>>        "type": "shell",
>>>        "inline": [
>>>          "lsblk",
>>>          "df -h"
>>>        ]
>>>      }
>>>    ]
>>> }
>>> 
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