New updates have been released for the Ubuntu and Debian AMIs (EC2 images) published on:
The following notes apply to this release:
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The images have been upgraded to use the newest 2.6.21 kernel, ramdisk, and kernel modules from Amazon. This fixes a serious security hole in the previous 2.6.21 kernel.
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The Alestic PPA (personal package archive) has been added to the Ubuntu AMIs. This makes it easy to install software packages listed in this PPA, including ec2-consistent-snapshot.
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The
runurlpackage from the Alestic PPA has been pre-installed on the Ubuntu AMIs. This can be a handy tool for setting up new instances with user-data scripts. -
The EC2 AMI tools have been upgraded to version 1.3-34544.
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The ec2-ami-tools package version has been pinned so it does not get downgraded if the official Ubuntu archives still have older versions.
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All packages have been upgraded to their respective latest versions.
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The Ubuntu Karmic images were not updated and have been removed from the listings at the top of https://alestic.com. If you would like to use Ubuntu Karmic Beta, please test with the AMIs published by Canonical listed a bit lower down on the page.
Please give these new images a spin and let us know if you run into any problems.
Enjoy