Using Public Data Sets

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2009-04-04

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Using Public Data Sets

Topics

Finding Public Data Sets
  • Launching an Instance
  • Launching a Public Data Set Volume
  • Mounting the Public Data Set Volume
  • Related Topics

    • This section describes how to use Amazon EC2 public data sets.

    Finding Public Data Sets

    Before you launch a public data set, you must locate the set to launch.

    To find a public data set

    1. Go to the Public Data Sets Page.

    2. Locate a public data set and write down its snapshot ID for your operating platform (e.g., Windows, Linux/UNIX).

    Launching an Instance

    Launch an instance as you normally do. For more information, see Launching and Using Instances.

    Launching a Public Data Set Volume

    To use a public data set, you launch an Amazon EBS volume, specifying its snapshot ID.

    Procedure

    To create an Amazon EBS volume

    1. If you are using SOAP, construct the following request:

      <CreateVolume xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-04-04/">
  <availabilityZone>zone</availabilityZone>
  <snapshotId>public-data-set-snapshot-id</snapshotId>
</CreateVolume>

    2. If you are using Query, construct the following request:

      https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
?Action=CreateVolume
&AvailabilityZone=zone
&SnapshotId=public-data-set-snapshot-id
&...auth parameters...

    3. View output similar to the following: 

      <CreateVolumeResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-04-04/">
  <volumeId>vol-4d826724</volumeId>
  <size>85</size>
  <status>creating</status>
  <createTime>2008-05-07T11:51:50.000Z</createTime>
  <availabilityZone>us-east-1a</availabilityZone>
  <snapshotId>snap-59d33330</snapshotId>
</CreateVolumeResponse>

    Mounting the Public Data Set Volume

    Mount the volume as you normally do. For more information, see How to Make an Amazon EBS Volume Available for Use.

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