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amazon-ebs creates Amazon [[Amazon_EC2_Concepts#AMI_.28Amazon_Machine_Image.29|AMIs]] [[Amazon_EC2_Concepts#AMI_Storage_for_Root_Device|backed by EBS volumes]] for use in EC2.
amazon-ebs creates Amazon [[Amazon_EC2_Concepts#AMI_.28Amazon_Machine_Image.29|AMIs]] [[Amazon_EC2_Concepts#AMI_Storage_for_Root_Device|backed by EBS volumes]] for use in EC2.
The builder launches an EC2 instance from a source AMI, provisions that running VM, and then creates an AMI from that VM, in the AWS account whose credentials are specified as shown [[Packer_Operations#Credentials|here]].

Revision as of 02:37, 15 November 2019

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Overview

amazon-ebs creates Amazon AMIs backed by EBS volumes for use in EC2.

The builder launches an EC2 instance from a source AMI, provisions that running VM, and then creates an AMI from that VM, in the AWS account whose credentials are specified as shown here.