GKE on AWS manages the AWS EC2 instances and the operating system that runs on them. In Kubernetes versions 1.26 and higher, GKE on AWS uses Ubuntu 22.04 LTS base images for Linux nodes. In Kubernetes versions 1.25 and lower, GKE on AWS uses Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
The base Ubuntu Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is maintained by Canonical. Google tests these images as part of the GKE on AWS release process. When a cluster or node pool is upgraded, the underlying EC2 instances are terminated and recreated with the latest operating system version.
When an instance of either OS launches, GKE on AWS performs additional configuration including:
- Optimizing network settings for Kubernetes
- Disabling the Amazon SSM agent
- Disabling unattended apt package upgrades and reboots (Ubuntu only)
- Installing GKE on AWS and Kubernetes binaries
The tables below list the AMI image IDs by region and operating system.
Verifying AMI ownership
You can find the AMI ID for an AWS region in
Ubuntu AMI IDs by region. To confirm that Canonical
published these AMIs, verify that the OwnerID of the AMI has an OwnerID
value of 099720109477.
To verify the OwnerID field or determine the generic AMI name, find the AMI ID
in the regional image name tables below and run:
aws ec2 describe-images --image-ids AMI_ID
Replace AMI_ID with the ID of the AMI in your AWS region.
The output from this command includes the Owner ID and the AMI name for this image.
For more information, see Amazon EC2 in the Ubuntu documentation.
Ubuntu
Kubernetes 1.33
1.33.4-gke.900
| Region | AMI ID |
|---|---|
| ap-east-1 | ami-0794e0b63174ff67e (X86_64) ami-0cbd8a064e19c8a35 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-1 | ami-04543148ea1d7488f (X86_64) ami-030ae43edfb479c08 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-2 | ami-0af67e52988cd3194 (X86_64) ami-0cbd1a6da73278157 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-3 | ami-05368242a606c2533 (X86_64) ami-07c68e4b20fa3766a (ARM64) |
| ap-south-1 | ami-03db203b6ba06c3f8 (X86_64) ami-081cc049e9c6d54c5 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-1 | ami-034141bc10b1ffd7f (X86_64) ami-01980f04fb2f15408 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-2 | ami-06feb4510473bb136 (X86_64) ami-0bdb8701c599144e4 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-3 | ami-0f4d4362d14dcfa63 (X86_64) ami-0248e323e821b1a17 (ARM64) |
| ca-central-1 | ami-01f1855ede13fadec (X86_64) ami-02c40d4446e1cdc76 (ARM64) |
| eu-central-1 | ami-0c27f60facbe83181 (X86_64) ami-028b80ceb573b40ac (ARM64) |
| eu-north-1 | ami-08cd66875f125b1dd (X86_64) ami-037f82a3d68aa2358 (ARM64) |
| eu-south-1 | ami-0ec45153acd6da578 (X86_64) ami-0419c30a47e28c470 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-1 | ami-009d01f25fe767f02 (X86_64) ami-04f4b670a031359a6 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-2 | ami-0a7ef482c3b99e25b (X86_64) ami-01224c0ce6cb3f6b7 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-3 | ami-01fb1049c5da37ebe (X86_64) ami-009de7f4ba04ec0b4 (ARM64) |
| sa-east-1 | ami-0e8d890f462872632 (X86_64) ami-0bb719bcdef0906c5 (ARM64) |
| us-east-1 | ami-05d4d1e67dfa32f36 (X86_64) ami-07f1b9d11a3909d54 (ARM64) |
| us-east-2 | ami-0be1ebcf7067bc7be (X86_64) ami-03d316df94e93c7d1 (ARM64) |
| us-west-1 | ami-0a3372013e92e9ef5 (X86_64) ami-0aea7fe8cca6c71d7 (ARM64) |
| us-west-2 | ami-0270cabb708d1c059 (X86_64) ami-030f9c814ec5a5ba4 (ARM64) |
Kubernetes 1.32
1.32.4-gke.200
| Region | AMI ID |
|---|---|
| ap-east-1 | ami-0a2cfd8e7f532c4e5 (X86_64) ami-0d88187ef998f5c3e (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-1 | ami-0dc8001f395d6ecdd (X86_64) ami-060c6448587200d98 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-2 | ami-001e6ea2e0e719819 (X86_64) ami-061d174f4c4a38c0b (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-3 | ami-06b1f6270d06249c9 (X86_64) ami-04ba72fd7d99da757 (ARM64) |
| ap-south-1 | ami-070663ac96252d8a2 (X86_64) ami-0f86ec9a89fb077df (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-1 | ami-0cee9f9e79cfd1f49 (X86_64) ami-05586d7f233878571 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-2 | ami-0e4c6d18e55d563e7 (X86_64) ami-032de3b94151f8b98 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-3 | ami-0b8039272931ae737 (X86_64) ami-0fced223e4640bae9 (ARM64) |
| ca-central-1 | ami-0ec6c779d1938cfd0 (X86_64) ami-0a0d768690e3c083b (ARM64) |
| eu-central-1 | ami-013f563d8319b8d0d (X86_64) ami-0e37fb2e95bff3c0e (ARM64) |
| eu-north-1 | ami-0a664360bb4a53714 (X86_64) ami-080338b5d5766e19f (ARM64) |
| eu-south-1 | ami-07ceb3e8ee864ae6a (X86_64) ami-0c95cafae664c602b (ARM64) |
| eu-west-1 | ami-05ac0e6a458cd9216 (X86_64) ami-0e1ef64bd46bdd348 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-2 | ami-05699070ae3b9d21e (X86_64) ami-05599471fc1180d41 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-3 | ami-0a0ed84b7eb466369 (X86_64) ami-0f651f5db1c56c06a (ARM64) |
| sa-east-1 | ami-0fdd95410213b7a65 (X86_64) ami-0e9a787ded69bd739 (ARM64) |
| us-east-1 | ami-01794c3812ef4f99a (X86_64) ami-0f54eb73e5c66254b (ARM64) |
| us-east-2 | ami-0ccc67879252a283f (X86_64) ami-08dec3acb96f026c5 (ARM64) |
| us-west-1 | ami-09a2a412cde06fb6c (X86_64) ami-0ee61d24d536e2df3 (ARM64) |
| us-west-2 | ami-0fb80ecb22aeb36d8 (X86_64) ami-06cd8c3f71431e688 (ARM64) |
1.32.8-gke.600
| Region | AMI ID |
|---|---|
| ap-east-1 | ami-0794e0b63174ff67e (X86_64) ami-0cbd8a064e19c8a35 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-1 | ami-04543148ea1d7488f (X86_64) ami-030ae43edfb479c08 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-2 | ami-0af67e52988cd3194 (X86_64) ami-0cbd1a6da73278157 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-3 | ami-05368242a606c2533 (X86_64) ami-07c68e4b20fa3766a (ARM64) |
| ap-south-1 | ami-03db203b6ba06c3f8 (X86_64) ami-081cc049e9c6d54c5 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-1 | ami-034141bc10b1ffd7f (X86_64) ami-01980f04fb2f15408 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-2 | ami-06feb4510473bb136 (X86_64) ami-0bdb8701c599144e4 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-3 | ami-0f4d4362d14dcfa63 (X86_64) ami-0248e323e821b1a17 (ARM64) |
| ca-central-1 | ami-01f1855ede13fadec (X86_64) ami-02c40d4446e1cdc76 (ARM64) |
| eu-central-1 | ami-0c27f60facbe83181 (X86_64) ami-028b80ceb573b40ac (ARM64) |
| eu-north-1 | ami-08cd66875f125b1dd (X86_64) ami-037f82a3d68aa2358 (ARM64) |
| eu-south-1 | ami-0ec45153acd6da578 (X86_64) ami-0419c30a47e28c470 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-1 | ami-009d01f25fe767f02 (X86_64) ami-04f4b670a031359a6 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-2 | ami-0a7ef482c3b99e25b (X86_64) ami-01224c0ce6cb3f6b7 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-3 | ami-01fb1049c5da37ebe (X86_64) ami-009de7f4ba04ec0b4 (ARM64) |
| sa-east-1 | ami-0e8d890f462872632 (X86_64) ami-0bb719bcdef0906c5 (ARM64) |
| us-east-1 | ami-05d4d1e67dfa32f36 (X86_64) ami-07f1b9d11a3909d54 (ARM64) |
| us-east-2 | ami-0be1ebcf7067bc7be (X86_64) ami-03d316df94e93c7d1 (ARM64) |
| us-west-1 | ami-0a3372013e92e9ef5 (X86_64) ami-0aea7fe8cca6c71d7 (ARM64) |
| us-west-2 | ami-0270cabb708d1c059 (X86_64) ami-030f9c814ec5a5ba4 (ARM64) |
Kubernetes 1.31
1.31.1-gke.1800
| Region | AMI ID |
|---|---|
| ap-east-1 | ami-0f4310032e4ab6361 (X86_64) ami-0fdba2d9434f46a1e (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-1 | ami-076394ac295b6f175 (X86_64) ami-0d6d03c5454ac9391 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-2 | ami-0992e91bc22e8650d (X86_64) ami-002949b7237623474 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-3 | ami-0bab9f769530bd284 (X86_64) ami-0f77a7f0bd1fda94c (ARM64) |
| ap-south-1 | ami-0bc57fba09bf88fed (X86_64) ami-06d2e1493c49a7ad8 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-1 | ami-001c2a00563d136eb (X86_64) ami-087e37730aeb37bf1 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-2 | ami-006e3e98f8f5aaaee (X86_64) ami-048afadcd9512383f (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-3 | ami-00eca922fb2f529f4 (X86_64) ami-03e7b967e5cea3177 (ARM64) |
| ca-central-1 | ami-0c38ce9c07d66184b (X86_64) ami-04fcf23778d349e82 (ARM64) |
| eu-central-1 | ami-00b3dc29d61170624 (X86_64) ami-021997aa63d8a5929 (ARM64) |
| eu-north-1 | ami-02a8c5a3865cd8c7f (X86_64) ami-019b37a7c2d2414e1 (ARM64) |
| eu-south-1 | ami-0782a46623ee41b80 (X86_64) ami-0282a850c14d03f74 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-1 | ami-0223fc887fc81728c (X86_64) ami-0455aa3ae6c48920f (ARM64) |
| eu-west-2 | ami-0e92b4e502bc476e8 (X86_64) ami-0474f118151382254 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-3 | ami-0caeae74f93ca3613 (X86_64) ami-08c305899210e18ef (ARM64) |
| sa-east-1 | ami-020ecf5bc491d57e1 (X86_64) ami-0e7fa126b3f34b681 (ARM64) |
| us-east-1 | ami-0d19bb0e9eda9bc94 (X86_64) ami-0a92f3a1625d4605f (ARM64) |
| us-east-2 | ami-0ab9d166699617703 (X86_64) ami-090c0f967dca31a05 (ARM64) |
| us-west-1 | ami-01e97cec6a39f9f15 (X86_64) ami-0fc61ae7b1ff7dd47 (ARM64) |
| us-west-2 | ami-075467cb025ef910b (X86_64) ami-00ec929c6cfb13050 (ARM64) |
1.31.4-gke.500
| Region | AMI ID |
|---|---|
| ap-east-1 | ami-0025ece163da7661a (X86_64) ami-03d12479ba747348c (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-1 | ami-0f74198ee292ca351 (X86_64) ami-072fd66f62fcc7202 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-2 | ami-0c94ce27d88b71ef8 (X86_64) ami-041f3fe3ce092995c (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-3 | ami-0977c2e044b094231 (X86_64) ami-0a8482fb214fc088f (ARM64) |
| ap-south-1 | ami-02cbdea4250f89665 (X86_64) ami-0fa2acf980b2d8a68 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-1 | ami-0faa4b1109aea2a62 (X86_64) ami-0383318ff96091b1a (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-2 | ami-0ff6ba1ff6426d7c5 (X86_64) ami-08d605e39f425805a (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-3 | ami-029aee1a3188ff951 (X86_64) ami-09b5a4e1829042213 (ARM64) |
| ca-central-1 | ami-09a83981eaea98340 (X86_64) ami-0847f09bf659e605a (ARM64) |
| eu-central-1 | ami-0929684ff3ecf3f6d (X86_64) ami-08ca68ca04169d4be (ARM64) |
| eu-north-1 | ami-0b10c6f379380684d (X86_64) ami-059b30a886b9a43ed (ARM64) |
| eu-south-1 | ami-0d19ef59bde8f67e7 (X86_64) ami-0376080d1bc6f09e9 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-1 | ami-00d2a1280f07310de (X86_64) ami-0d8ec1673719596dc (ARM64) |
| eu-west-2 | ami-00ebef830b54080c3 (X86_64) ami-06c0592062cf45138 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-3 | ami-00e5d97115c79bf56 (X86_64) ami-0cf841c9a7ef1c5c6 (ARM64) |
| sa-east-1 | ami-0769533c94cec3241 (X86_64) ami-08141a7187d155335 (ARM64) |
| us-east-1 | ami-01c2ec077f2b9c9ca (X86_64) ami-0bb25ced012fa31d0 (ARM64) |
| us-east-2 | ami-0ac7e32d3a532fe36 (X86_64) ami-067378d6d4fed6aff (ARM64) |
| us-west-1 | ami-052502fb0d5a06099 (X86_64) ami-005d98182736c264e (ARM64) |
| us-west-2 | ami-04c13eacfe680f46a (X86_64) ami-067a28c1340c87b52 (ARM64) |
1.31.6-gke.200
| Region | AMI ID |
|---|---|
| ap-east-1 | ami-0cc198520e44a1c0b (X86_64) ami-0b542b659d4ceb3da (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-1 | ami-011b9b9ccceace0a5 (X86_64) ami-06aedf3c24969d907 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-2 | ami-0f2f641742ab70466 (X86_64) ami-08878ef2ac6a48f71 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-3 | ami-0ae64fa9b3d6cd38f (X86_64) ami-09021d93fd76a7d4b (ARM64) |
| ap-south-1 | ami-028a9dded50786521 (X86_64) ami-05263c71f0f384539 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-1 | ami-0a6f6a080b10e9a05 (X86_64) ami-050fa6fb296cc8892 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-2 | ami-063de1cec40e9a85c (X86_64) ami-0ba9dd79ee3a10803 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-3 | ami-0d81f259d75cddd84 (X86_64) ami-0036b6d221c6c6383 (ARM64) |
| ca-central-1 | ami-00d72a517db2382e4 (X86_64) ami-0e11ace5a28905762 (ARM64) |
| eu-central-1 | ami-09a8b6b320f53da87 (X86_64) ami-04dc40eb904f4198d (ARM64) |
| eu-north-1 | ami-0f1b475614ede6e8b (X86_64) ami-0563dfb429532ab33 (ARM64) |
| eu-south-1 | ami-02509ac3ef279e05a (X86_64) ami-0cd03dcd2187c479d (ARM64) |
| eu-west-1 | ami-0ab39c44c5d8ae106 (X86_64) ami-0f347b9c52a026c17 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-2 | ami-0fcd976afe41b1fbf (X86_64) ami-0b55266ccaa40abf2 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-3 | ami-00aa951ab5dd6580a (X86_64) ami-08cb517df01683782 (ARM64) |
| sa-east-1 | ami-074160ef68480971a (X86_64) ami-0582eb037fb773af7 (ARM64) |
| us-east-1 | ami-0423c1573598fa423 (X86_64) ami-0f84d036f733aae7d (ARM64) |
| us-east-2 | ami-0964e0e9fe6d5cd0c (X86_64) ami-00c690a9150dc3403 (ARM64) |
| us-west-1 | ami-001af3052bd9ecc8f (X86_64) ami-04dec3f2aa3bcc2b3 (ARM64) |
| us-west-2 | ami-02ff0ddeb7b5028ed (X86_64) ami-012eca8da4eedf6b3 (ARM64) |
1.31.7-gke.1000
| Region | AMI ID |
|---|---|
| ap-east-1 | ami-0a2cfd8e7f532c4e5 (X86_64) ami-0d88187ef998f5c3e (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-1 | ami-0dc8001f395d6ecdd (X86_64) ami-060c6448587200d98 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-2 | ami-001e6ea2e0e719819 (X86_64) ami-061d174f4c4a38c0b (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-3 | ami-06b1f6270d06249c9 (X86_64) ami-04ba72fd7d99da757 (ARM64) |
| ap-south-1 | ami-070663ac96252d8a2 (X86_64) ami-0f86ec9a89fb077df (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-1 | ami-0cee9f9e79cfd1f49 (X86_64) ami-05586d7f233878571 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-2 | ami-0e4c6d18e55d563e7 (X86_64) ami-032de3b94151f8b98 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-3 | ami-0b8039272931ae737 (X86_64) ami-0fced223e4640bae9 (ARM64) |
| ca-central-1 | ami-0ec6c779d1938cfd0 (X86_64) ami-0a0d768690e3c083b (ARM64) |
| eu-central-1 | ami-013f563d8319b8d0d (X86_64) ami-0e37fb2e95bff3c0e (ARM64) |
| eu-north-1 | ami-0a664360bb4a53714 (X86_64) ami-080338b5d5766e19f (ARM64) |
| eu-south-1 | ami-07ceb3e8ee864ae6a (X86_64) ami-0c95cafae664c602b (ARM64) |
| eu-west-1 | ami-05ac0e6a458cd9216 (X86_64) ami-0e1ef64bd46bdd348 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-2 | ami-05699070ae3b9d21e (X86_64) ami-05599471fc1180d41 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-3 | ami-0a0ed84b7eb466369 (X86_64) ami-0f651f5db1c56c06a (ARM64) |
| sa-east-1 | ami-0fdd95410213b7a65 (X86_64) ami-0e9a787ded69bd739 (ARM64) |
| us-east-1 | ami-01794c3812ef4f99a (X86_64) ami-0f54eb73e5c66254b (ARM64) |
| us-east-2 | ami-0ccc67879252a283f (X86_64) ami-08dec3acb96f026c5 (ARM64) |
| us-west-1 | ami-09a2a412cde06fb6c (X86_64) ami-0ee61d24d536e2df3 (ARM64) |
| us-west-2 | ami-0fb80ecb22aeb36d8 (X86_64) ami-06cd8c3f71431e688 (ARM64) |
1.31.11-gke.400
| Region | AMI ID |
|---|---|
| ap-east-1 | ami-0794e0b63174ff67e (X86_64) ami-0cbd8a064e19c8a35 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-1 | ami-04543148ea1d7488f (X86_64) ami-030ae43edfb479c08 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-2 | ami-0af67e52988cd3194 (X86_64) ami-0cbd1a6da73278157 (ARM64) |
| ap-northeast-3 | ami-05368242a606c2533 (X86_64) ami-07c68e4b20fa3766a (ARM64) |
| ap-south-1 | ami-03db203b6ba06c3f8 (X86_64) ami-081cc049e9c6d54c5 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-1 | ami-034141bc10b1ffd7f (X86_64) ami-01980f04fb2f15408 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-2 | ami-06feb4510473bb136 (X86_64) ami-0bdb8701c599144e4 (ARM64) |
| ap-southeast-3 | ami-0f4d4362d14dcfa63 (X86_64) ami-0248e323e821b1a17 (ARM64) |
| ca-central-1 | ami-01f1855ede13fadec (X86_64) ami-02c40d4446e1cdc76 (ARM64) |
| eu-central-1 | ami-0c27f60facbe83181 (X86_64) ami-028b80ceb573b40ac (ARM64) |
| eu-north-1 | ami-08cd66875f125b1dd (X86_64) ami-037f82a3d68aa2358 (ARM64) |
| eu-south-1 | ami-0ec45153acd6da578 (X86_64) ami-0419c30a47e28c470 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-1 | ami-009d01f25fe767f02 (X86_64) ami-04f4b670a031359a6 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-2 | ami-0a7ef482c3b99e25b (X86_64) ami-01224c0ce6cb3f6b7 (ARM64) |
| eu-west-3 | ami-01fb1049c5da37ebe (X86_64) ami-009de7f4ba04ec0b4 (ARM64) |
| sa-east-1 | ami-0e8d890f462872632 (X86_64) ami-0bb719bcdef0906c5 (ARM64) |
| us-east-1 | ami-05d4d1e67dfa32f36 (X86_64) ami-07f1b9d11a3909d54 (ARM64) |
| us-east-2 | ami-0be1ebcf7067bc7be (X86_64) ami-03d316df94e93c7d1 (ARM64) |
| us-west-1 | ami-0a3372013e92e9ef5 (X86_64) ami-0aea7fe8cca6c71d7 (ARM64) |
| us-west-2 | ami-0270cabb708d1c059 (X86_64) ami-030f9c814ec5a5ba4 (ARM64) |