Comments on: How to create an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 Machine Image (AMI) http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami Phil Chen Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:24:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Phil Chen http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami/comment-page-1#comment-2716 Phil Chen Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:42:12 +0000 http://www.philchen.com/?p=92#comment-2716 Hi Marc, Yes you could use those modules. Hi Marc,

Yes you could use those modules.

]]> By: Marc http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami/comment-page-1#comment-2693 Marc Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:08:58 +0000 http://www.philchen.com/?p=92#comment-2693 I'm also curious about the kernel update to 2.6.18, and to generalize these instructions. Would this be the right modules to try: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1345 I’m also curious about the kernel update to 2.6.18, and to generalize these instructions.

Would this be the right modules to try: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1345

]]> By: Deependra Singh Shekhawat http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami/comment-page-1#comment-2677 Deependra Singh Shekhawat Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:26:56 +0000 http://www.philchen.com/?p=92#comment-2677 Hi, I followed the steps mentioned , exactly and I am glad to report that works perfectly fine today! Thanks alot! Deependra Hi,

I followed the steps mentioned , exactly and I am glad to report that works perfectly fine today!

Thanks alot!

Deependra

]]> By: sgm http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami/comment-page-1#comment-2533 sgm Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:39:50 +0000 http://www.philchen.com/?p=92#comment-2533 For future reference could you tell us how you determine what kernel to use. Im currently creating an instance following you instructions verbatim but the latest kernels for ec2 are 2.6.21 and my current centos install is 2.6.18. And Id rather not upgrade or downgrade the kernel unless it's unavoidable. Thanks For future reference could you tell us how you determine what kernel to use. Im currently creating an instance following you instructions verbatim but the latest kernels for ec2 are 2.6.21 and my current centos install is 2.6.18. And Id rather not upgrade or downgrade the kernel unless it’s unavoidable.
Thanks

]]> By: Punit Pandey http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami/comment-page-1#comment-2491 Punit Pandey Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:59:42 +0000 http://www.philchen.com/?p=92#comment-2491 Excellent article Phil. Any tutorial for Windows AMI? Excellent article Phil. Any tutorial for Windows AMI?

]]> By: Ola http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami/comment-page-1#comment-2442 Ola Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:18:56 +0000 http://www.philchen.com/?p=92#comment-2442 Hi! Great tutorial. I need to create an AMI for Suse 10 SP3 but I have only seen tutorials using redhat based distros. I can follow your steps but I get stuck on the YUM commands. Has anyone came across a guide/tutorial which describes how to create an AMI for Suse. Regards Ola Hi!

Great tutorial. I need to create an AMI for Suse 10 SP3 but I have only seen tutorials using redhat based distros.

I can follow your steps but I get stuck on the YUM commands. Has anyone came across a guide/tutorial which describes how to create an AMI for Suse.

Regards Ola

]]> By: Phil Chen http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami/comment-page-1#comment-2353 Phil Chen Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:29:11 +0000 http://www.philchen.com/?p=92#comment-2353 So I decided to make a base Install 64bit CentOS 5.3 AMI available in US, us-west-1, UK, ap-southeast-1 for those of you that have requested it. You can find them in the AWS EC2 Dashboard under public AMI's named below: US East Virginia - ami-b945acd0 US West California - ami-498cdd0c UK West Ireland - ami-993d17ed Asia Pacific Singapore - ami-45e29d17 I hope these are helpful. Also a couple of notes for those that have issues following my blog and ssh'ing into their instances. I believe a couple of things are happening for you: 1) You did not allow the proper AWS security group for port 22 2) the getssh script is not executing at the correct runlevel due to permissions or improper chkconfig settings and therefore is not adding the public key to the authorized_keys in your roots .ssh 3) SSHD didn't get installed for whatever reason, it doesn't come with the base install 4) Your network setting is not working possibly due to kudzu horking things I have followed the instructions again myself and they work for me. So good luck and happy AMI making! So I decided to make a base Install 64bit CentOS 5.3 AMI available in US, us-west-1, UK, ap-southeast-1 for those of you that have requested it. You can find them in the AWS EC2 Dashboard under public AMI’s named below:

US East Virginia – ami-b945acd0
US West California – ami-498cdd0c
UK West Ireland – ami-993d17ed
Asia Pacific Singapore – ami-45e29d17

I hope these are helpful.

Also a couple of notes for those that have issues following my blog and ssh’ing into their instances. I believe a couple of things are happening for you:

1) You did not allow the proper AWS security group for port 22
2) the getssh script is not executing at the correct runlevel due to permissions or improper chkconfig settings and therefore is not adding the public key to the authorized_keys in your roots .ssh
3) SSHD didn’t get installed for whatever reason, it doesn’t come with the base install
4) Your network setting is not working possibly due to kudzu horking things

I have followed the instructions again myself and they work for me. So good luck and happy AMI making!

]]> By: Phil Chen http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami/comment-page-1#comment-2352 Phil Chen Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:15:45 +0000 http://www.philchen.com/?p=92#comment-2352 Kevin Bridges instead of /usr/sbin/chroot /mnt/ami-centos5.3-64bit-base /bin/chmod +x /mnt/ami-centos5.3-64bit-base/etc/init.d/getssh you can do /bin/chmod +x /mnt/ami-centos5.3-64bit-base/etc/init.d/getssh instead since you are only doing a file permission change. Kevin Bridges instead of /usr/sbin/chroot /mnt/ami-centos5.3-64bit-base /bin/chmod +x /mnt/ami-centos5.3-64bit-base/etc/init.d/getssh you can do /bin/chmod +x /mnt/ami-centos5.3-64bit-base/etc/init.d/getssh instead since you are only doing a file permission change.

]]> By: Kevin Bridges http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami/comment-page-1#comment-2348 Kevin Bridges Sun, 30 May 2010 16:09:15 +0000 http://www.philchen.com/?p=92#comment-2348 I followed these steps verbatim with the exception of "usr/sbin/chroot /mnt/ami-centos5.3-64bit-base /bin/chmod +x /mnt/ami-centos5.3-64bit-base/etc/init.d/getssh" which generated file not found errors ... I made the ami public ami-7f4fa616 I followed these steps verbatim with the exception of “usr/sbin/chroot /mnt/ami-centos5.3-64bit-base /bin/chmod +x /mnt/ami-centos5.3-64bit-base/etc/init.d/getssh” which generated file not found errors … I made the ami public ami-7f4fa616

]]> By: Kevin Bridges http://www.philchen.com/2009/02/14/how-to-create-an-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-machine-image-ami/comment-page-1#comment-2347 Kevin Bridges Sun, 30 May 2010 13:03:05 +0000 http://www.philchen.com/?p=92#comment-2347 Thanks for sharing this information ... any chance you have a public ami you've created using these steps we could launch as a base? Thanks for sharing this information … any chance you have a public ami you’ve created using these steps we could launch as a base?

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