EC2 MachineImage: support for cross account ssm parameter
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Description
### Describe the feature
`MachineImage.from_ssm_parameter(parameter_name=....)` doesn't support cross-account parameters. You cannot provide an ARN. I believe the module should support fetching of AMI ID from shared SSM parameters.
### Use Case
It's very likely to publish SSM parameters with AMI ID from a centralised account, when creating new EC2 instances `MachineImage.from_ssm_parameter(parameter_name=....)` should support the lookup of them.
### Proposed Solution
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### Other Information
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### Acknowledgements
- [ ] I may be able to implement this feature request
- [ ] This feature might incur a breaking change
### CDK version used
2.159.1 (build c66f4e3)
### Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)
Linux
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing MachineImage.from_ssm_parameter(parameter_name=...) in the AWS CDK code and inspect how the current SSM parameter lookup handles the parameter name. Determine how an ARN for a shared cross-account parameter should be accepted and verify that the AMI ID can be fetched for the EC2 image lookup.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, typescript
- Domain
- cloud, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100