Support
Support for Ubuntu on EC2 is available on the ec2ubuntu Google Group where there is a large community of folks using Ubuntu on EC2:
http://groups.google.com/group/ec2ubuntu
Support for Debian on EC2 is available on the ec2debian Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/ec2debian
If you use or are thinking of using Ubuntu or Debian on EC2, please subscribe to these groups so you can find out about updates to the images and tips for running Ubuntu and Debian on Amazon EC2.
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring EBS boot |
ami-c30360aa  |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring instance-store |
ami-c8ccaca1 |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-c70360ae |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal EBS boot |
ami-0cdf4965 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal instance-store |
ami-b8d147d1 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-02df496b |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-79c0ae10 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-91c5abf8 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-7bc0ae12 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-21e47148 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-bffa6fd6 |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring EBS boot |
ami-d383af96 |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring instance-store |
ami-b28ba7f7 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal EBS boot |
ami-00b39045 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal instance-store |
ami-42b39007 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-69b59a2c |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-b5b699f0 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-e63013a3 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-30301375 |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring EBS boot |
ami-bf1d8a8f |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring instance-store |
ami-9a1780aa |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-a11d8a91 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal EBS boot |
ami-a4b83294 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal instance-store |
ami-6ab8325a |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-a6b83296 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-773caa47 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-f33fa9c3 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-793caa49 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-6ec8425e |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-04c84234 |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring EBS boot |
ami-3d160149 |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring instance-store |
ami-12796e66 |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-3f16014b |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal EBS boot |
ami-64636a10 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal instance-store |
ami-5a60692e |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-66636a12 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-7b62730f |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-7b63720f |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-65627311 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-ca1a14be |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-881d13fc |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring EBS boot |
ami-6b26ab6a |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring instance-store |
ami-5a2da05b |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal EBS boot |
ami-875fdb86 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal instance-store |
ami-4d5fdb4c |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-7d43cd7c |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-a547c9a4 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-0366e302 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-b567e2b4 |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring EBS boot |
ami-2b511e79 |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring instance-store |
ami-f55619a7 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal EBS boot |
ami-10206d42 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal instance-store |
ami-76206d24 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-e40846b6 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-fa0846a8 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-42e1a310 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-52e1a300 |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring EBS boot |
ami-84a333be |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring instance-store |
ami-0ea03034 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal EBS boot |
ami-046cfa3e |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal instance-store |
ami-006cfa3a |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-b30e9e89 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-bb0e9e81 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-eebd2bd4 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-eabd2bd0 |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring EBS boot |
ami-28e43e35 |
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| Ubuntu 13.04 Raring instance-store |
ami-cae03ad7 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal EBS boot |
ami-9bb96286 |
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| Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal instance-store |
ami-6db96270 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-0c76ac11 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-e071abfd |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-2f6ab232 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-016ab21c |
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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
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