In one of the earlier blog, we created a Linux EC2 instance with a static page. We installed and started the httpd server, created a simple index.html in the /var/www/html folder. The application in the EC2 is too basic, but definitely we can build complex applications.
Lets say, we need 10 such instances. Then it's not necessary to install the softwares, do the necessary configurations multiple times. What we can do is create an AMI, once the softwares have been installed and the necessary configuration changes have been made. The AMI will have the OS and the required softwares with the appropriate configurations. The same AMI can be used while launching the new EC2 instances. More about the AMI here.
So, here are the steps
1. Create a Linux EC2 instance with the httpd server and index.html as shown here.
2. Once the different softwares have been installed and configured, the AMI can be created as shown below.
3. Give the image name and description and click on `Create Image`.
4. It takes a couple of minutes to create the AMI. The status of the same can be seen by clicking on the AMI link in the left side pane. Initially the AMI will be in a pending state, after a few minutes it will change into available state.
5. On launch a new EC2 instance, we can select the new AMI which was created in the above steps in the `My AMIs` tab. The AMI has all the softwares and configurations in it, so there is no need to repeat the same thing again.
6. As we are simply learning/trying things and not anything in production, make sure to a) terminate all the EC2 instances b) dregister the AMI and c) delete the Snapshot.
Now that we know how to create an AMI with all the required softwares/configurations/data, we will look at AutoScaling and ELB (Elastic Load Balancers) in the upcoming blogs.
Lets say, we need 10 such instances. Then it's not necessary to install the softwares, do the necessary configurations multiple times. What we can do is create an AMI, once the softwares have been installed and the necessary configuration changes have been made. The AMI will have the OS and the required softwares with the appropriate configurations. The same AMI can be used while launching the new EC2 instances. More about the AMI here.
So, here are the steps
1. Create a Linux EC2 instance with the httpd server and index.html as shown here.
2. Once the different softwares have been installed and configured, the AMI can be created as shown below.
3. Give the image name and description and click on `Create Image`.
4. It takes a couple of minutes to create the AMI. The status of the same can be seen by clicking on the AMI link in the left side pane. Initially the AMI will be in a pending state, after a few minutes it will change into available state.
5. On launch a new EC2 instance, we can select the new AMI which was created in the above steps in the `My AMIs` tab. The AMI has all the softwares and configurations in it, so there is no need to repeat the same thing again.
6. As we are simply learning/trying things and not anything in production, make sure to a) terminate all the EC2 instances b) dregister the AMI and c) delete the Snapshot.
Now that we know how to create an AMI with all the required softwares/configurations/data, we will look at AutoScaling and ELB (Elastic Load Balancers) in the upcoming blogs.
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