AMI

Amazon Machine Image: image of EC2

Overview

• From 1 AMI, you can launch 1 or multiple instances.

  

Type of AMI

• Intel – c5, m5, r5

• AMD – c5a, m5a, t3a

• Graviton* – c6g, m6g

Here are some examples:

• C type instances – c5.2xlarge – 16 GiB memory and 8vCPU (2:1)

• M type – m5.2xlarge – 32 GiB memory and 8vCPU (4:1)

• R type – R5.2xlarge – 64 GiB memory and 8vCPU (8:1)

Source of AMI

• Using public AMI from AWS.

• Using custom AMI, which customized by user.

• Using market AMI from 3rd party or other users on Marketplace.

Trivia

• CAN NOT launch an EC2 instance from an AMI of different region. AMI is regional, so you need to copy the AMI image to your target region.