[ec2-beta] Ubuntu Amazon EC2 beta2 is released.

[Darren Govoni]

Hi,
  I try to launch the 64-bit image below, but am getting this error. 

darren at nuraku:~/ec2$ ec2-run-instances -k ec2-keypair ami-18d73071
Client.InvalidParameterValue: The requested instance type's architecture
(i386) does not match the architecture in the manifest for ami-18d73071
(x86_64)

Is there a flag or option I need to use now to launch it correctly?

Darren

On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 20:25 -0500, Chuck Short wrote:
> The Ubuntu EC2 team is happy to bring you the second Beta release based 
> on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10. The beta2 release brings many improvements to 
> the Ubuntu Amazon EC2 image. We would like to thank the many users that 
> have offered suggestions to make the Ubuntu Amazon EC2 experience better.
> 
> New features since beta1
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> Highlights of the new features include the following:
> 
> 1. Updated usability improvements:
> 
> Beta2 includes many usability features to make managing the EC2 instance 
> easier.  It also includes dynamic hostname generation and easier 
> integration with existing EC2 API tools.
> 
> In order to login to the instance, you must use the "ubuntu" user 
> instead of the "root" user.  You can use the "sudo" command in order to 
> run commands as the privileged "root" user without a password prompt.
> 
> 2. Availability in the European zones:
> 
> The Ubuntu Amazon EC2 images are now available for EU zone users.
> 
> 3. Ubuntu archive mirror:
> 
> Canonical has made available an archive mirror in both the the US zones 
> and European zones. The Ubuntu Amazon EC2 image makes use of the archive 
> mirror to cut down on network traffic for Amazon EC2 users.
> 
> 4. Updated software:
> 
> The beta2 includes the latest software updates from Intrepid. It also 
> includes the ec2-ami-tools to allow the users to re-bundle the image.
> 
> To see a full list of bugs that were fixed in this release please see:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-on-ec2/+milestone/beta2
> 
> To get Amazon Ubuntu EC2
> ----------------------------------------------
> 
> The Ubuntu EC2 beta2 images are available to the public. The AMI ids for 
> the new images are the following:
> 
> US:
> 
> canonical-beta-us/ubuntu-intrepid-beta2-20090226-i386 ami-69d73000
> canonical-beta-us/ubuntu-intrepid-beta2-20090226-amd64 ami-18d73071
> 
> Europe:
> 
> canonical-beta-eu/ubuntu-intrepid-beta2-20090226-i386 ami-5e173f2a
> canonical-beta-eu/ubuntu-intrepid-beta2-20090226-amd64 ami-48173f3c
> 
> Feedback and Helping
> --------------------------------------
> 
> If you would like to help shape Ubuntu EC2, please sign up for the 
> Ubuntu EC2 mailing list at:
> 
>   https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ec2-beta
> 
> Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help turn this Beta
> into the best release of Amazon Ubuntu EC2 ever.  Please report bugs 
> through the
> Launchpad bug tracker:
> 
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-on-ec2
> 
> If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but are not
> sure, please join us on the #ubuntu-ec2 IRC channel on FreeNode or on 
> the Ubuntu EC2 beta mailing list.
> 
> 
> Helping Shape Ubuntu
> --------------------------------------
> 
> If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
> you can participate at:
> 
>  http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/
> 
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> 
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