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 AMIs
| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-a29943cb  |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-3c994355 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-a69943cf |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric EBS boot |
ami-4dad7424 |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric instance-store |
ami-8baa73e2 |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-4fad7426 |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty EBS boot |
ami-87c31aee |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty instance-store |
ami-35c31a5c |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty HVM (cluster compute) |
ami-93c31afa |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-0baf7662 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-8fac75e6 |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy EBS boot |
ami-b19458d8 |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy instance-store |
ami-a538e1cc |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-87712ac2 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-e7712aa2 |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric EBS boot |
ami-11c59d54 |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric instance-store |
ami-0fc59d4a |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty EBS boot |
ami-cbfda58e |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty instance-store |
ami-33fda576 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-afc59dea |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-a1c59de4 |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy EBS boot |
ami-1948145c |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy instance-store |
ami-5fedb51a |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-20800c10 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-38800c08 |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric EBS boot |
ami-a8ec6098 |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric instance-store |
ami-a4ec6094 |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty EBS boot |
ami-96ef63a6 |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty instance-store |
ami-beef638e |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-e0ec60d0 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-f6ec60c6 |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy instance-store |
ami-82e468b2 |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-e1e8d395 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-1de8d369 |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric EBS boot |
ami-81c5fdf5 |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric instance-store |
ami-a1c5fdd5 |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty EBS boot |
ami-69b28a1d |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty instance-store |
ami-9fb189eb |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-edc6fe99 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-fbc6fe8f |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy EBS boot |
ami-ffecde8b |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy instance-store |
ami-a5a79fd1 |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-a4ca8df6 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-a0ca8df2 |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric EBS boot |
ami-8e6027dc |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric instance-store |
ami-8a6027d8 |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty EBS boot |
ami-58692e0a |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty instance-store |
ami-54692e06 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-6c6f283e |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-6a6f2838 |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy EBS boot |
ami-d8166c8a |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy instance-store |
ami-ca7e3998 |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-60c77761 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-2cc7772d |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric EBS boot |
ami-44328345 |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric instance-store |
ami-40328341 |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty EBS boot |
ami-8c3b8a8d |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty instance-store |
ami-5a3b8a5b |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-ce3283cf |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-be3283bf |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy EBS boot |
ami-b6a612b7 |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy instance-store |
ami-72269773 |
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| Ubuntu Release | server 64-bit |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise EBS boot |
ami-8cd80691 |
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| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise instance-store |
ami-96d8068b |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric EBS boot |
ami-30b56b2d |
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| Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric instance-store |
ami-34b56b29 |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty EBS boot |
ami-56b36d4b |
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| Ubuntu 11.04 Natty instance-store |
ami-58b36d45 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid EBS boot |
ami-4cb56b51 |
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| Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid instance-store |
ami-50b56b4d |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy EBS boot |
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy instance-store |
ami-a2ae70bf |
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The Ubuntu AMIs listed above are published by Canonical, except for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy EBS boot which is published by Eric Hammond.
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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- When you reboot a physical computer at your desk it is very similar to shutting down the system, and booting…
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- Amazon published a tutorial about best practices in creating public AMIs for use on EC2 last week: How To Share…
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