What is an AMI?

An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a template that contains a software configuration (for example, an operating system, an application server, and applications). From an AMI, you launch an instance, which is a copy of the AMI running as a virtual server in the cloud.

What is an AMI and what is it used for?

An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a special type of virtual appliance that is used to create a virtual machine within the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (“EC2”). It serves as the basic unit of deployment for services delivered using EC2.

What does an AMI include?

An AMI includes the following: One or more Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots, or, for instance-store-backed AMIs, a template for the root volume of the instance (for example, an operating system, an application server, and applications).

What is an AMI in development?

AMI stands for Area Median Income. It is calculated and released every year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Development (HUD). AMI is the combined average household income for the full New York City metropolitan area.

How do you create an AMI?

Create an AMI from an Amazon EC2 Instance

  1. Right-click the instance you want to use as the basis for your AMI, and choose Create Image from the context menu. Create Image context menu.
  2. In the Create Image dialog box, type a unique name and description, and then choose Create Image.

How do I find my AMI ID?

  1. Search and locate the image. Click on the image.
  2. On the top right, click “continue to subscribe”
  3. On the next window, click on “Continue to configuration”
  4. On the next window, Find the Ami ID located. We can change software versions to get different ami Ids.

Where are AMI stored?

Amazon S3
An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is stored in Amazon S3, but it is not directly accessible. Instead, you must use API calls or the Management Console to use an AMI.

How do I create my own AMI?

Log in to the AWS Management Console, display the EC2 page for your region, then click Instances. Choose the instance from which you want to create a custom AMI. Click Actions and click Create Image. Type a name for Image Name that is easily identifiable to you and, optionally, input text for Image Description.

How do I know my AMI?

When looking at the AMI chart:

  1. Look across the top row to find the number of people in your household.
  2. Look down the column with the number of people in your household.
  3. Find the 2 numbers your household income is between.
  4. Follow that row to the left, to find your AMI level.

Does creating AMI cost money?

You are only charged for the storage of the bits that make up your AMI, there are no charges for creating an AMI. EBS-backed AMIs are made up of snapshots of the EBS volumes that form the AMI. You will pay storage fees for those snapshots according to the rates listed here.

Where are AMI stored in AWS?

With Amazon EC2 instance store-backed AMIs, each time you customize an AMI and create a new one, all of the parts are stored in Amazon S3 for each AMI.