From 16f52b7bef745097f7076dde76715db378b54343 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JJ Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:56:26 +0000 Subject: first commit --- content/notes/aws-solutions-architect/10.ami.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/notes/aws-solutions-architect/10.ami.md (limited to 'content/notes/aws-solutions-architect/10.ami.md') diff --git a/content/notes/aws-solutions-architect/10.ami.md b/content/notes/aws-solutions-architect/10.ami.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c66703 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/aws-solutions-architect/10.ami.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +--- +title: 10 - ami +course: ["aws solutions architect"] +--- + +# Amazon Machine Image (AMI) + +AMIs are customisations of an EC2 instance. + +It's basically a snapshot of an instance that can be used to launch new, customised EC2 instances. This helps with faster boot times. + +So far we have been launching using Amazon's own Linux AMIs. But we can: + +- Create our own AMIs +- Used 3rd party vendor AMIs (can cost) + +This allows for the following: + +- Create an instance in one AZ +- Create AMI from that instance +- Launch a new instance from that AMI in another AZ -- cgit v1.2.3