[ec2-beta] ec2 concepts and understanding

[Jeremy Edberg]

Check out the documentation on building your own AMIs:

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/GettingStartedGuide/index.html?creating-an-image.html

That should answer a lot of your questions.

j

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 13:28, Darryl <smartssa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm just wondering about how persistent these instances are supposed to be
> on the EC2 cloud.
>
> I setup one up last night using the AMI id (ami-69d73000) from the
> EC2StartersGuide and thought it was pretty cool.  I installed some things
> (apache and friends) and played around with it a bit for performance. Then,
> to avoid unwanted costs, I shut it down.
>
> I went back today to play around again, but the instance I had created was
> gone.
>
> Since it was gone, I had to create a new one using the same AMI and restart
> from scratch.
>
> So, I guess my questions are:
>
> What purpose does this AMI serve if one has to reconfigure it from scratch
> before using it?
> How can setup a handful of 'ready to go' servers that could be turned on
> without them mysteriously vanishing?
>
> Any insight would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
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