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Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) are disk images of an operating system used to launch AWS EC2 instances.

Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) are disk images of an operating system used to launch AWS EC2 instances. There are several variants including instance store based, EBS based, paravirtualized (PV), hardware virtual machine (HVM), Linux, Windows, pay-per-use, etc.

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EC2 AMI became Ubuntu and the yum command became unavailable on AWS

Last week I've created an AWS Instance using the Ubuntu Server 20.x AMI. It had yum built-in. Today I've deleted that instance and created a new Instance using the same AMI. After I've launched the Instance I've noticed the welcome screen was…
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Discover ec2 usernames for public ami

Is there a way to discover or specify the username I need to use to ssh in to an ec2 instance? I know how to select my key pair, but depending on the ami, you need to use a different username. For example, the official ubuntu images require you to…
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Will I be charged for creating a new (second) AMI from my currently running free-tier Amazon EBS-backed instance?

I have a running instance of an Amazon AMI instance that I've installed Node.js, modules, various updates, etc., and I would like to save a new AMI created from this instance in its current state. The current instance qualifies for the free tier.…
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