At times, you may want to build an IDA starting with a base AMI containing no previous edX code. To find the proper base AMI for most IDAs (including edx-platform):
- Visit this URL: http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/
- Enter the following terms in the search box: us-east-1 hvm ssd xenial amd
- Exactly one AMI should be showing in the filtered list:
- The term definitions:
- us-east-1: The region in which we run our edX infrastructure (currently).
- hvm: Virtualization type allowing faster virtualization
- ssd: Supports solid-state drives for fast disk access.
- xenial: Codename for Ubuntu 16.04
- amd: System processor
- Use the AMI ID, which is in the form "ami-xxxxxxxx".
