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How to find a base Ubuntu Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

How to find a base Ubuntu Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Feb 04, 2020

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):

  1. Visit this URL: http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/

  2. Enter the following terms in the search box: us-east-1 hvm ssd xenial amd (for 16.04) OR us-east-1 hvm ssd bionic amd (for 18.04)

    1. Exactly one AMI should be showing in the filtered list:

    3. The term definitions:

      1. us-east-1: The region in which we run our edX infrastructure (currently).

      2. hvm: Virtualization type allowing faster virtualization

      3. ssd: Supports solid-state drives for fast disk access.

        1. xenial: Codename for Ubuntu 16.04

        2. bionic: Codename for Ubuntu 18.04

      4. amd: System processor

  3. Use the AMI ID, which is in the form "ami-xxxxxxxx".