On Tue, 4 Oct 2011, sean darcy wrote:
I see on the AWS Management Console an instance action "create
image".
Would this be a coward's way out?
It certainly seems that way.
Try it:
Launch an AMI.
Modify the instance in some way -- add packages using yum, enable it as
a webserver, etc.
Go through that create image workflow in the console. It will give you
a private AMI ID for a new AMI that you own.
Then launch more of that instance, and see if it is in the same state as
the original.
I haven't tried it, but it seems like that is the way it will work.
--Max