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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2009-03-01 Documentation
Creating an AMI
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Welcome
Introduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
What is Amazon EC2?
Features of Amazon EC2
Popular Uses for Amazon EC2
Components of Amazon EC2
Differences between Windows and Linux/UNIX
Amazon EC2 Running Windows
Amazon EC2 Charges
Using Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 Flow
Creating and Preparing AMIs
Creating an AMI
Creating a Linux or UNIX AMI
Starting with an Existing AMI
Creating an AMI through a Loopback File
Creating a Windows AMI
Bundling an AMI
Bundling a Linux or UNIX AMI
Bundling a Windows AMI
Sharing AMIs
Shared AMI Guidelines (Linux and UNIX)
Sharing AMIs
Making an AMI Public
Sharing an AMI with Specific Users
Publishing Shared AMIs
Creating Paid AMIs
Amazon DevPay and Paid AMIs
Product Registration
Associating a Product Code with an AMI
Sharing Your Paid AMI with Select Users or the Public
Confirming an Instance Is Running an AMI Associated with a Product Code
Getting the Product Code from Within an Instance
Supported AMIs
Launching and Using Instances
Instance Usage
Instance Types
Instance Metadata
Instance Storage
Regions and Availability Zones
Using Shared AMIs
Paying for AMIs
Get Console Output and Reboot Instances
Accessing Instances
Accessing Instances in Linux and UNIX
Accessing Instances in Windows
Instance Addressing and Network Security
Instance Addressing
Elastic IP Addresses
Network Security
Concepts
Examples
Reserving Amazon EC2 Instances for Long-Term Use
How Reserved Instances are Applied
How to Find Available Reserved Instances
How to Reserve an Instance
How to Know the Status of Purchased Reserved Instances
Amazon Elastic Block Store
Overview
Amazon EBS Concepts
Amazon EBS Use Cases
Amazon EBS API Overview
Creating Amazon EBS Volumes and Snapshots
Using the APIs
Using the SOAP API
Using the Query API
API Reference
API Conventions
API Versioning
API Error Codes
Data Types
Common Data Types
AvailabilityZoneItemType
BlockDeviceMappingItemType
BundleInstanceTaskS3StorageType
BundleInstanceTaskStorageType
BundleInstanceTaskType
DescribeImagesResponseItemType
DescribeKeyPairsResponseItemType
DescribeReservedInstancesOfferingsResponseSetItemType
DescribeReservedInstancesOfferingsResponseSetType
DescribeReservedInstancesOfferingsSetItemType
DescribeReservedInstancesOfferingsSetType
DescribeReservedInstancesOfferingsType
DescribeReservedInstancesResponseSetItemType
DescribeReservedInstancesResponseSetType
DescribeReservedInstancesResponseType
DescribeReservedInstancesSetItemType
DescribeReservedInstancesSetType
DescribeReservedInstancesType
EmptyElementType
GroupSetType
InstanceStateType
IpPermissionType
LaunchPermissionItemType
LaunchPermissionOperationType
PlacementRequestType
PlacementResponseType
PurchaseReservedInstancesOfferingResponse
PurchaseReservedInstancesOfferingType
ProductCodeItemType
ProductInstanceResponseItemType
RegionItemType
ReservationInfoType
RunInstancesItemType
RunningInstancesItemType
SecurityGroupItemType
TerminateInstancesResponseInfoType
UserDataType
UserIdGroupPairType
Amazon EBS Data Types
AttachVolumeResponseType
AttachVolumeType
CreateSnapshotResponseType
CreateSnapshotType
CreateVolumeResponseType
CreateVolumeType
DeleteSnapshotResponseType
DeleteSnapshotType
DeleteVolumeResponseType
DeleteVolumeType
DescribeSnapshotsResponseType
DescribeSnapshotsType
DescribeVolumesResponseType
DescribeVolumesType
DetachVolumeResponseType
DetachVolumeType
Amazon EC2 SOAP API
List of Operations by Function
AllocateAddress
AssociateAddress
AttachVolume
AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress
BundleInstance
CancelBundleTask
ConfirmProductInstance
CreateKeyPair
CreateSecurityGroup
CreateSnapshot
CreateVolume
DeleteKeyPair
DeleteSecurityGroup
DeleteSnapshot
DeleteVolume
DeregisterImage
DescribeAddresses
DescribeAvailabilityZones
DescribeBundleTasks
DescribeImageAttribute
DescribeImages
DescribeInstances
DescribeKeyPairs
DescribeReservedInstances
DescribeReservedInstancesOfferings
DescribeRegions
DescribeSecurityGroups
DescribeSnapshots
DescribeVolumes
DetachVolume
DisassociateAddress
GetConsoleOutput
ModifyImageAttribute
PurchaseReservedInstancesOffering
RebootInstances
RegisterImage
ReleaseAddress
ResetImageAttribute
RevokeSecurityGroupIngress
RunInstances
TerminateInstances
Amazon EC2 Query API
Common Query Parameters
List of Operations by Function
AllocateAddress
AssociateAddress
AttachVolume
AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress
BundleInstance
CancelBundleTask
ConfirmProductInstance
CreateKeyPair
CreateSecurityGroup
CreateSnapshot
CreateVolume
DeleteKeyPair
DeleteSecurityGroup
DeleteSnapshot
DeleteVolume
DetachVolume
DeregisterImage
DescribeAddresses
DescribeAvailabilityZones
DescribeBundleTasks
DescribeImageAttribute
DescribeImages
DescribeInstances
DescribeKeyPairs
DescribeRegions
DescribeReservedInstances
DescribeReservedInstancesOfferings
DescribeSecurityGroups
DescribeSnapshots
DescribeVolumes
DisassociateAddress
GetConsoleOutput
ModifyImageAttribute
PurchaseReservedInstancesOffering
RebootInstances
ReleaseAddress
RegisterImage
ResetImageAttribute
RevokeSecurityGroupIngress
RunInstances
TerminateInstances
Command Line Tools Reference
AMI Tools
Common Options for AMI Tools
ec2-bundle-image
ec2-bundle-vol
ec2-delete-bundle
ec2-download-bundle
ec2-migrate-bundle
ec2-migrate-manifest
ec2-unbundle
ec2-upload-bundle
API Tools
Common Options for API Tools
List of Operations by Function
ec2-add-group
ec2-add-keypair
ec2-allocate-address
ec2-associate-address
ec2-attach-volume
ec2-authorize
ec2-bundle-instance
ec2-cancel-bundle-task
ec2-confirm-product-instance
ec2-create-snapshot
ec2-create-volume
ec2-delete-group
ec2-delete-keypair
ec2-delete-snapshot
ec2-delete-volume
ec2-deregister
ec2-describe-addresses
ec2-describe-availability-zones
ec2-describe-bundle-tasks
ec2-describe-group
ec2-describe-image-attribute
ec2-describe-images
ec2-describe-instances
ec2-describe-keypairs
ec2-describe-regions
ec2-describe-reserved-instances
ec2-describe-reserved-instances-offerings
ec2-detach-volume
ec2-describe-snapshots
ec2-describe-volumes
ec2-disassociate-address
ec2-fingerprint-key
ec2-get-console-output
ec2-get-password
ec2-migrate-image
ec2-modify-image-attribute
ec2-purchase-reserved-instances-offering
ec2-reboot-instances
ec2-release-address
ec2-register
ec2-reset-image-attribute
ec2-revoke
ec2-run-instances
ec2-terminate-instances
Technical FAQ
General Information
Operation Information
Instance Types and Architectures
IP Information
Regions and Availability Zones
Windows Instances
Monitoring, Errors, and Unexpected Behavior
Reserved Instances FAQs
Paid AMIs
Kernels, RAM Disks, and Block Device Mappings
Error Messages
Miscellaneous
Appendix
Glossary
Document Conventions
Index
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