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Expand Up @@ -251,12 +251,21 @@ The above example will make LocalStack treat the `ubuntu:focal` Docker image as
At startup, LocalStack downloads the following AMIs that can be used to launch Dockerized instances.
- Ubuntu 22.04: `ami-df5de72bdb3b`
- Amazon Linux 2023: `ami-024f768332f0`
- Amazon Linux 2: `ami-07b643b5e45e`

:::note
The auto download of Docker images for default AMIs can be disabled using the `EC2_DOWNLOAD_DEFAULT_IMAGES=0` configuration variable.
:::

:::note
Amazon Linux 2 reached its [AWS end-of-life](https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/faqs/) on June 30, 2026, so LocalStack no longer pre-loads the `Amazon Linux 2` AMI (`ami-07b643b5e45e`) by default.
You can still use it by manually registering it as a Docker-backed AMI:

```bash
docker pull amazonlinux:2
docker tag amazonlinux:2 localstack-ec2/amazonlinux-2-ami:ami-07b643b5e45e
```
:::

All LocalStack-managed Docker AMIs bear the resource tag `ec2_vm_manager:docker`.
These can be listed using:

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