[ec2-beta] Private vs. Public Instances

[Rodney T. Quillo]

On Monday 09 March 2009 19:35:45 Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Eric Hammond wrote:
> > However, I can say from personal experience that it is a pain to keep
> > updating these documents manually with the latest information every time
> > a new AMI is released.
>
> Is there a way to add a layer of indirection on AMI's? For example, is
> there a way to say "fire up the latest version of the
> Ubuntu-9.04-for-EC2 AMI"? Or "fire up the today's version of
> Ubuntu-9.04-for-EC2-with-updates-applied"?
>
> Mark

Commonly, it would be user option to launch which AMI that is available on his 
lists. Unless there's an automated way to do this using another app/script.

 Just my two cents. :)

Rodney