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Create AMI from EC2 Instance

How to Create an AMI from an EC2 Instance

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Create AMI from EC2 Instance
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Tasks

For this task, create an AMI from an existing EC2 instance named nautilus-ec2 with the following requirement:

  • Name of the AMI should be nautilus-ec2-ami, make sure AMI is in available state.

Steps

  1. Our nautilus-ec2 instance is running state.

  2. Select the instance then → Actions → Image and Templates → Create Image

  3. Create Image now providing AMI name nautilus-ec2-ami. And unchecked to Reboot Instance.

  4. Currently creating AMI ami-08ebf8d3a3eede7e1 from instance i-08b15ac07df1efebf.

  5. We can get our Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) , nautilus-ec2-ami here.

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