[Enhancement]: aws_instance resource documentation should mention the option to use "resolve:ssm:/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/" as ami parameter

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Description

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/finding-an-ami.html
describes that this works too:

resource "aws_instance" "example" {
ami = "resolve:ssm:/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2"
instance_type = "t2.micro"
subnet_id = aws_subnet.example.id
}

it's probably the most easy way to use a "latest" image

Affected Resource(s) and/or Data Source(s)

resource aws_instance

Potential Terraform Configuration

resource "aws_instance" "example" {
  ami           = "resolve:ssm:/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2"
  instance_type = "t2.micro"
  subnet_id     = aws_subnet.example.id
}

References

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/finding-an-ami.html

Would you like to implement a fix?

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