get latest image OCID dynamically
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Description
Sometimes we just want to launch an instance with the latest available image for a particular operating system, without having to check the exact OCID for each region on OCI Images documentation
Module user should be able to just indicate something like this: "use latest Oracle Linux 7.9 image matching my shape and region".
Additionally, we could potentially make the retrieved image OCID permanent so a recreate is not triggered when a newer version is available.
New or Affected Resource(s)
oci_core_instance for the source_id Input Variable.
Potential Terraform Configuration
We need to define a data source, similar to the one below:
data "oci_core_images" "images" {
#Required
compartment_id = var.compartment_id
#Optional
# display_name = var.image_display_name
operating_system = "Oracle Linux"
operating_system_version = "7.9"
shape = var.shape
sort_by = "TIMECREATED"
sort_order = "DESC"
}Then, we can target the image ocid with this expression:
data.oci_core_images.images.images[0].id