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Creating an EBS-Backed Linux AMI

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: Up to 30 minutes
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Description

You will learn how to create custom Amazon Machine Images (AMI) starting from a customized EC2 instance.

Updates

June 1st, 2022 - Updated the instructions and screenshots to reflect the latest UI

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Covered topics

Storage
Compute
High Availability
Amazon Web Services
Compute for AWS
Storage for AWS
Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
Amazon EC2
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Lab steps

Logging In to the Amazon Web Services Console
Connecting to the Virtual Machine using EC2 Instance Connect
Creating an Amazon Machine Image Using an EBS-Backed Instance
Creating an EC2 Instance from a Custom Amazon Machine Image

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