Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

What is Amazon EC2 AMI #

AMI are a customization of an EC2 instance.

• Custom software, configuration, etc. can be added
• Faster boot / configuration time because all your software is pre-packaged

AMI are build for a specific AWS region but can be copied across regions.

AMI can be launched from #

• Public AMI - AWS provided
• Own AMI - managed by an organization
• AWS Marketplace - created by a vendor or another 3rd party (can be sold / bought)

Steps to build an AMI #

• Start EC2 Instance and customize it
• Stop the instance (for data integrity)
• Build AMI - this will also create EBS Sapshots
• Launch instances from other AMI’s

EC2 > Instances > Select an EC2 instance > Actions > Image and Templates > Create image

EC2 Image Builder #

EC2 Image Builder is a fully managed AWS service that helps you to automate the creation, management and deployment of customized, secure and up-to-date server images.

Custom images can be created via AWS Console, AWS CLI or API.

Automate the creation, maintain, validate the build of EC2 AMI’s. Can run on a schedule and can be distributed to multiple AWS Regions.

Summary #

AMI #

• Create ready-to-use EC2 instances with own customizations

EC2 Image Builder #

• automatically build, test and distribute AMI’s

» Sources « #

• What is Image Builder

Stephane Maarek’s AWS playlists on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StephaneMaarek/playlists

» References « #

• EC2
• Storage

» Disclaimer « #