diff --git a/docs/clusterctl.yaml b/clusterctl.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/clusterctl.yaml
rename to clusterctl.yaml
diff --git a/templates/aws/cluster-template.yaml b/templates/aws/cluster-template.yaml
index 307351ee..57165e52 100644
--- a/templates/aws/cluster-template.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws/cluster-template.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      ami:
+        id: ${AWS_AMI_ID:=ami-0ad50e72a79228704}
       iamInstanceProfile: control-plane.cluster-api-provider-aws.sigs.k8s.io
       instanceType: ${AWS_CONTROL_PLANE_INSTANCE_TYPE:=t3.large}
       publicIP: ${AWS_PUBLIC_IP:=false}
@@ -91,6 +93,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      ami:
+        id: ${AWS_AMI_ID:=ami-0ad50e72a79228704}
       iamInstanceProfile: nodes.cluster-api-provider-aws.sigs.k8s.io
       instanceType: ${AWS_NODE_INSTANCE_TYPE:=t3.large}
       publicIP: ${AWS_PUBLIC_IP:=false}
diff --git a/templates/aws/template-variables.rc b/templates/aws/template-variables.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0288c057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/aws/template-variables.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Kubernetes cluster configuration
+export KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.30.0
+export CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT=1
+export WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT=1
+
+# AWS region
+export AWS_REGION="eu-central-1"
+
+# AWS machine configuration
+export AWS_CREATE_BASTION=true
+export AWS_PUBLIC_IP=false
+export AWS_CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_FLAVOR=t3.large
+export AWS_NODE_MACHINE_FLAVOR=t3.large
+export AWS_SSH_KEY_NAME=default