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The ec2ubuntu-build-ami script has been enhanced and is now hosted on Google Code:

http://ec2ubuntu-build-ami.notlong.com

The build script has the following enhancements:

• Updated patches for the latest version of the AMI tools (1.3-20041 20071010).

• Switch from “uname -i” to “uname -m” to enable building on Ubuntu 64- bit (not tested).

• Support for 32- and 64-bit AMIs for all Ubuntu releases from Dapper to Gutsy.

New Ubuntu base install AMIs have been released for the all versions listed on:

https://alestic.com

This includes the previous Feisty and Gutsy AMIs, but also adds Dapper and Edgy AMIs just because we can (no public AMI documents published yet).

Note: The S3 buckets for the new AMI manifests have changed from:

• level22-ec2-images
• level22-ec2-images-64

to:

• alestic
• alestic-64

Let me know if you have any problems with the new build script or AMIs.

Update: The process described here is deprecated for building Ubuntu AMIs. The Ubuntu vmbuilder software has replaced ec2ubuntu-build-ami. In addition I recommend starting with the Ubuntu images published by Canonical as described in this article:

Building EBS Boot AMIs Using Canonical’s Downloadable EC2 Images

The below information may be useful for building Debian AMIs, but EC2 kernels are slowly getting out of date for running modern Debian releases.

The Ubuntu and Debian images for EC2 which are published on https://alestic.com were built with the ec2ubuntu-build-ami software. This program can also be used by advanced users who wish to build from scratch their own Ubuntu or Debian images for EC2.

http://ec2ubuntu-build-ami.notlong.com

The basic instructions for using this script are as follows: