Launching a new EC2 instance. Status Reason: Not authorized for images: Launching EC2 instance failed

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I recently created an auto scaling group in AWS using an AMI. The instance terminated and in an attempt to re-launch the instance, I got a failed response. The error description is

Launching a new EC2 instance. Status Reason: Not authorized for images: [ami-096daa92e8b4e4927]. Launching EC2 instance failed.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '19 at 16:41

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You can only use public AMIs and private AMIs that were explicitly shared with you. If you used a private AMI that is no longer shared with you, then you can no longer start instances with that AMI. In the future, if you intend to use a private AMI that was shared with you, you should copy the AMI first, in case the original is unshared or deleted, then use your private copy of the AMI to start instances.

answered Jul 08 '19 at 16:41

Michael Hampton

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So is there any way the AMI can be authorized for the auto scaling group? – N. Felix Jul 08 '19 at 16:53
@N.Felix The owner of the AMI would need to share it with you again. – Michael Hampton Jul 08 '19 at 16:56
If your using Windows, and the default public AMI provided by AWS, those AMI's become private about every 3 months since the security updates on them are out of date – Shahad Jul 12 '19 at 00:39

Launching a new EC2 instance. Status Reason: Not authorized for images: Launching EC2 instance failed

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