[ec2] [ubuntu-ec2] does vmbuilder command work to rebundle?

[Peter Wolanin]

the steps you outline work better, but there seem to remain some
issues still (I commented on the blog).

-Peter

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Peter Wolanin <peter.wolanin at acquia.com> wrote:
> I'm just trying to take a running instance with a few packages and
> some configuration and bundle an AMI that can be launched with all
> that in place (i.e. just a very basic rebunding of a running instance
> into s3).
>
> I was under the impression that the standard EC2 bundling process did
> not give the same kernel image as what the official Cannonical AMIs
> have, hence the need to use the vmbuilder tool. So if I follow the
> steps at http://alestic.com/2009/06/ec2-ami-bundle I'l get the
> Cannonical kernel image?
>
> Thanks so much for the clarification.
>
> Peter
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Eric Hammond <ehammond at thinksome.com> wrote:
>> Peter Wolanin wrote:
>>> Does the command listed here work?  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EC2Vmbuilder
>>
>> Not recommended in its current state.  That references some very old
>> code and probably won't work very well.
>>
>>> I'm trying to rebundle a 9.10 AMI and it seems to create an image, but
>>
>> The word "rebundle" is generally used to indicate that you are bundling
>> a running EC2 instance into a new AMI.  There are a number of guides on
>> how to do this including:
>>
>>  http://alestic.com/2009/06/ec2-ami-bundle
>>
>> However, since you're pointing to vmbuilder instructions, I'm assuming
>> you want to build a new AMI from scratch.
>>
>> I took the code used to build the official Karmic AMIs with vmbuilder
>> and created the following tutorial which documents steps a human can use
>> to build a new EBS boot or S3 based AMI from scratch:
>>
>>  http://alestic.com/2010/01/vmbuilder-ebs-boot-ami
>>
>> However, vmbuilder is not entirely necessary as you can simply start
>> with the image which is already built and customize it for your needs:
>>
>>  http://alestic.com/2010/01/ec2-ebs-boot-ubuntu
>>
>> --
>> Eric Hammond
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Peter M. Wolanin, Ph.D.
> Momentum Specialist,  Acquia. Inc.
> peter.wolanin at acquia.com
>



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Peter M. Wolanin, Ph.D.
Momentum Specialist,  Acquia. Inc.
peter.wolanin at acquia.com