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In this article,we will see Create AMI and Launch Amazon EC2 Instance from AMI.
Implementation Steps
- Launch Instance.
- Connect to Linux Server through putty and Install updates,package “tree” and create files,directories.
- Create AMI (Amazon Machine Image).
- Launch Instance from AMI (Amazon Machine Image).
First, we need to AWS Console page by using below link.
https://aws.amazon.com/console/
Click on sign in to Console button.
Logging to aws account
Login using username & password and click on sign in.
Enter to AWS Management Console
We can see the AWS Management Console Dashboard.
Go to Services, under the compute module click EC2 service to open.
Launch Instance
Please check below link to Launch Linux Server.
Launch Linux Launch Linux Server
We can see Linux Server “My Linux” which was created earlier.
Connect to Linux Server through putty and Install updates,package “tree” and create files,directories.
Open Linux Server terminal,.
Open Linux Terminal
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Using username "ec2-user". Authenticating with public key "imported-openssh-key" Last login: Sat Nov 23 19:50:40 2019 from 124.123.103.5 __| __|_ ) _| ( / Amazon Linux 2 AMI ___|\___|___| https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/ 5 package(s) needed for security, out of 13 available Run "sudo yum update" to apply all updates. [ec2-user@ip-172-31-0-157 ~]$ |
Switch to root user
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[ec2-user@ip-172-31-0-157 ~]$ sudo su [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# |
Install Updates
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[root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# yum update -y Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd amzn2-core | 2.4 kB 00:00:00 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package file.x86_64 0:5.11-33.amzn2.0.2 will be updated ---> Package file.x86_64 0:5.11-35.amzn2.0.1 will be an update ---> Package file-libs.x86_64 0:5.11-33.amzn2.0.2 will be updated ---> Package file-libs.x86_64 0:5.11-35.amzn2.0.1 will be an update ---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:4.14.154-128.181.amzn2 will be installed ---> Package python.x86_64 0:2.7.16-3.amzn2.0.1 will be updated ---> Package yum.noarch 0:3.4.3-158.amzn2.0.3 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================ Installing: kernel x86_64 4.14.154-128.181.amzn2 amzn2-core 20 M python2-rpm x86_64 4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3 amzn2-core 84 k replacing rpm-python.x86_64 4.11.3-25.amzn2.0.3 Updating: file x86_64 5.11-35.amzn2.0.1 amzn2-core 57 k file-libs x86_64 5.11-35.amzn2.0.1 amzn2-core 339 k python x86_64 2.7.16-4.amzn2 amzn2-core 92 k yum noarch 3.4.3-158.amzn2.0.3 amzn2-core 1.2 M Cleanup : yum-3.4.3-158.amzn2.0.2.noarch 15/25 Erasing : rpm-python-4.11.3-25.amzn2.0.3.x86_64 16/25 Cleanup : python-libs-2.7.16-3.amzn2.0.1.x86_64 24/25 Verifying : python-2.7.16-4.amzn2.x86_64 3/25 Verifying : yum-3.4.3-158.amzn2.0.3.noarch 4/25 Verifying : rpm-libs-4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3.x86_64 5/25 Verifying : rpm-build-libs-4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3.x86_64 6/25 Verifying : kernel-4.14.154-128.181.amzn2.x86_64 7/25 Verifying : rpm-4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3.x86_64 8/25 Verifying : file-libs-5.11-35.amzn2.0.1.x86_64 9/25 Verifying : rsyslog-8.24.0-41.amzn2.2.1.x86_64 10/25 Verifying : rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit-4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3.x86_64 11/25 Verifying : python-devel-2.7.16-4.amzn2.x86_64 12/25 Verifying : python2-rpm-4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3.x86_64 13/25 Verifying : python-devel-2.7.16-3.amzn2.0.1.x86_64 14/25 Verifying : rpm-build-libs-4.11.3-25.amzn2.0.3.x86_64 20/25 Installed: kernel.x86_64 0:4.14.154-128.181.amzn2 python2-rpm.x86_64 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3 Updated: file.x86_64 0:5.11-35.amzn2.0.1 file-libs.x86_64 0:5.11-35.amzn2.0.1 python.x86_64 0:2.7.16-4.amzn2 python-devel.x86_64 0:2.7.16-4.amzn2 python-libs.x86_64 0:2.7.16-4.amzn2 rpm.x86_64 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3 rpm-build-libs.x86_64 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3 rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3 rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit.x86_64 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.3 rsyslog.x86_64 0:8.24.0-41.amzn2.2.1 yum.noarch 0:3.4.3-158.amzn2.0.3 Replaced: rpm-python.x86_64 0:4.11.3-25.amzn2.0.3 Complete! [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# |
Verify files in the current directory
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[root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# ls |
Check the tree package installed or not
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[root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# rpm -q tree package tree is not installed |
Make Directory “ktexperts”
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[root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# mkdir ktexperts [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# ls Ktexperts |
Go inside Directory “ktexperts” and make a file “aws” then put some content
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[root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# cd ktexperts/ [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ktexperts]# vi aws [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ktexperts]# cat aws ktexperts is a knowledge sharing platform It will help you to get knowledge on updated technologies. [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ktexperts]# [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ktexperts]# tree bash: tree: command not found [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ktexperts]# |
Install the package “tree”
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[root@ip-172-31-0-157 ktexperts]# cd /home/ec2-user/ [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# yum install tree -y Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd amzn2-core | 2.4 kB 00:00:00 Resolving Dependencies Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: tree x86_64 1.6.0-10.amzn2.0.1 amzn2-core 47 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package Total download size: 47 k Installed size: 83 k Downloading packages: tree-1.6.0-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | 47 kB 00:00:00 Running transaction check Installing : tree-1.6.0-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : tree-1.6.0-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64 1/1 Installed: tree.x86_64 0:1.6.0-10.amzn2.0.1 Complete! [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# |
Check the tree package installed or not
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[root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# rpm -q tree package tree is installed. [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# tree .└── ktexperts └── aws 1 directory, 1 file [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# |
In this Server, we can see one directory “ktexperts” ,one file “aws”.
One package has been installed i.e,tree.
Create AMI (Amazon Machine Image)
Select your instance “My Linux”
Go to actions, click on Create Image under the Image.
Specify Name of the Image “Ktexperts – AMI (Mumbai) and click on Create Image.
One success message will be displayed. Click ‘Close’.
and click on Close.
View your AMI
Navigate to AMIs under IMAGES.
we can see the AMI “Ktexperts – AMI (Mumbai) has been created.
Note
When you create Image , Snapshot will also be created automatically.
Go Snapshots, we can see one snapshot created by Created by Create Image.
View your Snapshot
Navigate to Snapshots under Elastic Block Storage.
We can see the created snapshot as shown below.
Launch Instance from AMI (Amazon Machine Image)
Go to Instances and click on Launch Instance.
Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Select the Operating system of the EC2 instance by choosing any of the Amazon Machine Images (AMI). Select the Microsoft Amazon Linux AMI.
Choose an Instance type
Choose the Type of instance depending on your requirements.
Instance types comprise of varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacity.
select the default option of t2.micro – this instance type is covered within the free tier. Then click on Configure Instance Details.
Configure Instance Details
Configure EC2 instance details as per requirements of your environment and click on Add Storage.
Add Storage
Here, we can see root volume by default and size of 8GB.
Add a new volume if required.
Click on Add Tags.
Add Tags
Tags assist in easier identification and classification of the various instances in your AWS environment.
Click on click to add a Name tag to provide name for our server.
Provide the name for the Linux virtual machine for easier understanding and click on Configure Security Groups.
Configure Security Group
A security group allows configuring firewall rules to allow traffic as needed. Only one rule has been added to allow remote connection.
SSH Is enough to connect to our Linux virtual server and click on Review and Launch.
SSH – Secure Shell
Review Instance Launch
Review and confirm the configuration of the instance. Click on the Edit button on each configuration item to make changes and click on Launch.
Select an existing key pair a Key Pair and Launch Your Instance
To connect to your virtual machine, you need a key pair. A key pair is used to log into your instance and Select an existing security group and click on Review and Launch.
Click on Launch Instance to start your Linux Server instance.
click on View Instances to view the instance you have just created and see its status.
We can see Linux Server which was created from AMI.
Connect to Linux Server through putty and verify packages,files and directories.
Copy Public DNS of your instance.
Enter public DNS in putty and upload PPK file then terminal will be opened.
It will ask username, specify “ec2-user” .
Open Linux Server terminal.
Open Linux Terminal
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Using username "ec2-user". Authenticating with public key "imported-openssh-key" Last login: Sat Nov 23 19:50:40 2019 from 124.123.103.5 __| __|_ ) _| ( / Amazon Linux 2 AMI ___|\___|___| https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/ 5 package(s) needed for security, out of 13 available Run "sudo yum update" to apply all updates. [ec2-user@ip-172-31-0-157 ~]$ |
Switch to root user
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[ec2-user@ip-172-31-0-157 ~]$ sudo su [root@ip-172-31-0-157 ec2-user]# |
Verify files in current directory
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root@ip-172-31-43-140 ec2-user]# ls ktexperts [root@ip-172-31-43-140 ec2-user]# tree . └── ktexperts └── aws 1 directory, 1 file [root@ip-172-31-43-140 ec2-user]# |
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