AMI Overview

Question 1

What does AMI stand for?

Answer 1

Amazon Machine Image

AMI = Amazon Machine Image

Question 2

What is an AMI?

Answer 2

A customization of an EC2 instance

AMI are a customization of an EC2 instance

Question 3

What can you add to an AMI?

Answer 3

Your own software, configuration, operating system, monitoring…

You add your own software, configuration, operating system, monitoring…

Question 4

Why is boot/configuration faster with AMI?

Answer 4

Because all your software is pre-packaged

Faster boot / configuration time because all your software is pre-packaged

Question 5

What regions are AMIs built for?

Answer 5

Specific region (can be copied across regions)

AMI are built for a specific region (and can be copied across regions)

Question 6

Where can you launch EC2 instances from?

Answer 6

Public AMI, Your own AMI, AWS Marketplace AMI

You can launch EC2 instances from: A Public AMI: AWS provided Your own AMI: you make and maintain them yourself An AWS Marketplace AMI: an AMI someone else made (and potentially sells)