Create AMI from an existing EC2 instance

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In the last blog post, we have discussed how to snapshot of EBS volume using Lifecycle Manager.

https://cloudaffaire.com/schedule-snapshot-of-ebs-volume-using-lifecycle-manager/

In this blog post, we are going to create AMI from an existing EC2 instance

Prerequisites for this demo:

• One active AWS account.
• One active EC2 instance.

Create AMI from an existing EC2 instance:

Step 1: Login to AWS console and click EC2 under compute

Step 2: Navigate to Volumes under ELASTIC BLOCK STORE. Select your instance root volume and from Actions click ‘Create Snapshot’

Note: We can add additional volumes to our AMI.

Warning: Additional charges apply to EBS volume and snapshot.

Step 3: Provide a description for the snapshot and click ‘Create Snapshot’

One success message will be displayed, click ‘Close’

Step 4: Navigate to Snapshots under ELASTIC BLOCK STORE. Select your instance root volume snapshot and from Actions click ‘Create Image’.

Warning: Additional charges apply for an image.

Step 5: Provide name and description and virtualization type for the image and click ‘Create’.

Note: Select Hardware-assisted-virtualization for Virtualization type for this demo.

One success message will be displayed. Click ‘Close’.

Step 6: To view our new AMI, navigate to AMIs under IMAGES.

Our AMI from existing EC2 Linux instance has been successfully created.

You can simply click ‘Launch’ to launch a new instance from this new AMI.

Hope you have enjoyed this blog post. In the next blog, we are going to discuss security groups.