How do I launch an EC2 instance from a custom Amazon Machine Image (AMI)?
Last updated: 2021-01-28
How do I launch an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance from a custom Amazon Machine Image (AMI)?
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To launch a new EC2 instance from an AMI, do the following:
- Open the EC2 console.
Note: Be sure to select the AWS Region that you want to launch the instance in. - From the navigation bar, choose AMIs.
- Find the AMI that you want to use to launch a new instance. To begin, open the menu next to the search bar, and then choose one of the following:
If the AMI that you’re using is one that you created, select Owned by me.
If the AMI that you’re using is a public AMI, select Public images.
If the AMI that you’re using is a private image that someone else shared with you, select Private images.
Note: The search bar automatically provides filtering options as well as automatically matching AMI IDs. - Select the AMI, and then choose Launch.
- Choose an instance type, and then choose Next: Configure Instance Details. Optionally select configuration details, such as associating an IAM role with the instance.
- Select Next: Add Storage. You can use the default root volume type, or select a new type from the Volume Type drop down. Select Add New Volume if you want to add additional storage to your instance.
- Select Next: Add Tags. You can add custom tags to your instance to help you categorize your resources.
- Select Next: Configure Security Group. You can associate a security group with your instance to allow or block traffic to the instance.
- Select Review and Launch. Review the instance details.
- Select Previous to return to a previous screen to make changes. Select Launch when you are ready to launch the instance.
- Select an existing key pair or create a new key pair, select the acknowledge agreement box, and then choose Launch Instances.
- Choose View Instances to check the status of your instance.
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