CentOS 6.5 (x86_64) - Release Media
CentOS.org | 6.5 - 2013-12-01Linux/Unix, CentOS 6.5 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
CentOS 6.5 : Worked fine on smaller machines. Not compatible with some bigger machines
I used CentOS6.5 on T* and M* machines and it worked fine. I installed CDH/Impala on it. However, it seems like this image cannot be loaded on to the D2 machines, thats where I intended to use it after experimenting on the smaller machines.
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+1 on adding cloud-init and HVM AMI please
Having cloud-init package installed should be standard across all distros.
Without this package user-data can't be read at all.
Also, with take over of HVM over PV virtualization type in terms of performance, CentOS should add HVM-type AMIs.
IMO, without those 2 basic cloud features, CentOS have not leveraged AWS.
Would like to have a image with a 2 GB size
For my requirement 8 GB size is a waste. Currently I use custom instance. For most case either I don't need that much of space in the machine or use additional volumes to extend space. Anyway the user can increase the volume size, decreasing the volume size from the market place images is not possible. I could not find a way to do it.
It would be great if the official image is provided with default 2gb or 3gb image size.
Short on resources and Missing Deps
The Cent OS 6.5 default image is short on resources for the free tier and only comes with a root partition, by default we should be able to at least be able to restrict scripts, on tmp with a separate partition for /tmp using fstab, every other VPS/Web host does, you will have problems if you want to do more than just boot and say run a word press site with the micro instance have at look at AWS Linux instead if your budget for resources is limited but its missing SELinux.
You will also notice some errors for missing files when you update, saving space but its still an error so if you are verifying your packages using RPM or need to use a time zone other than the default you will have some issues. I also run out of memory when configuring selinux to use a non default port for ssh.
Run with at least 2GB of RAM or don't bother.
Very raw image
This is not an EC2-standard build like the OS choices in the new instance window. For example, the default account is 'root' instead of a sudo-enabled ec2-user account, and the / partition doesn't size itself to the EBS root volume size (use resize2fs to fix).
You may be better off using the better supported Amazon Linux, which is almost interchangeable with CentOS.