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Ubuntu AMIs
The Ubuntu AMIs listed above are published by Canonical.
32-bit Ubuntu AMIs are also available, but not recommended.
If you're looking for Debian AMIs, here are some being created by the community: http://wiki.debian.org/Cloud/AmazonEC2ImageMore Entries
- Replacing a CloudFront Distribution to "Invalidate" All Objects
- I was chatting with Kevin Boyd (aka Beryllium) on the ##aws Freenode IRC channel about the challenge of invalidating a…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (2)
- Email Alerts for AWS Billing Alarms
- using CloudWatch and SNS to send yourself email messages when AWS costs accrue past limits you define The Amazon documentation…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (2)
- Cost of Transitioning S3 Objects to Glacier
- how I was surprised by a large AWS charge and how to calculate the break-even point Glacier Archival of S3…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (10)
- Running Ubuntu on Amazon EC2 in Sydney, Australia
- Amazon has announced a new AWS region in Sydney, Australia with the name ap-southeast-2. The official Ubuntu AMI lookup pages…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (0)
- Save Money by Giving Away Unused Heavy Utilization Reserved Instances
- You may be able to save on future EC2 expenses by selling an unused Reserved Instance for less than its…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (5)
- Installing AWS Command Line Tools from Amazon Downloads
- When you need an AWS command line toolset not provided by Ubuntu packages, you can download the tools directly from…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (9)
- Convert Running EC2 Instance to EBS-Optimized Instance with Provisioned IOPS EBS Volumes
- Amazon just announced two related features for getting super-fast, consistent performance with EBS volumes: (1) Provisioned IOPS EBS volumes, and…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (0)
- Which EC2 Availability Zone is Affected by an Outage?
- Did you know that Amazon includes status messages about the health of availability zones in the output of the ec2-describe-availability-zones…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (5)
- Installing AWS Command Line Tools Using Ubuntu Packages
- Here are the steps for installing the AWS command line tools that are currently available as Ubuntu packages. These include:…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (11)
- Ubuntu Developer Summit, May 2012 (Oakland)
- I will be attending the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) next week in Oakland, CA. This event brings people from around…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (0)
- Uploading Known ssh Host Key in EC2 user-data Script
- The ssh protocol uses two different keys to keep you secure: The user ssh key is the one we normally…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (2)
- Seeding Torrents with Amazon S3 and s3cmd on Ubuntu
- Amazon Web Services is such a huge, complex service with so many products and features that sometimes very simple but…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (3)
- CloudCamp
- There are a number of CloudCamp events coming up in cities around the world. These are free events, organized around…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (0)
- Use the Same Architecture (64-bit) on All EC2 Instance Types
- A few hours ago, Amazon AWS announced that all EC2 instance types can now run 64-bit AMIs. Though t1.micro, m1.small,…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (14)
- ec2-consistent-snapshot on GitHub and v0.43 Released
- The source for ec2-conssitent-snapshot has historically been available here: ec2-consistent-snapshot on Launchpad.net using Bazaar For your convenience, it is now…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (6)
- You Should Use EBS Boot Instances on Amazon EC2
- EBS boot vs. instance-store If you are just getting started with Amazon EC2, then use EBS boot instances and stop…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (23)
- Retrieve Public ssh Key From EC2
- A serverfault poster had a problem that I thought was a cool challenge. I had so much fun coming up…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (2)
- Running EC2 Instances on a Recurring Schedule with Auto Scaling
- Do you want to run short jobs on Amazon EC2 on a recurring schedule, but don’t want to pay for…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (13)
- AWS Virtual MFA and the Google Authenticator for Android
- Amazon just announced that the AWS MFA (multi-factor authentication) now supports virtual or software MFA devices in addition to the…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (2)
- Updated EBS boot AMIs for Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy on Amazon EC2 (2011-10-06)
- Canonical has released updated instance-store AMIs for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy on Amazon EC2. Read Ben Howard’s announcement on the…
- By Eric Hammond | Comments (0)
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