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Reputation:

Instance cloning in AWS

I am having an instance running in AWS, this instance was installed with tomcat, java,DB, etc.,

I want to create an another instance like my running instance.

how to clone my running instance with all the installations to be available in new instance? I read about creating AMI, will it make my new instance with tomcat, java,DB, etc., installed?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2155

Answers (2)

John Rotenstein
John Rotenstein

Reputation: 269340

Choosing the Create Image command on an existing Amazon EC2 instance will create an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that contains a copy of all disk volumes attached to the instance.

You can then launch a new EC2 instance from the AMI. This will result in the new instance having exactly the same disk content. When launching the new instance you can select a different instance type, network setting, etc -- the only part that will be identical is the content of the disk volumes.

Give it a try, it's very easy!

  • Select the original instance in the Amazon EC2 management console
  • Click Actions/Image/Create Image to create the AMI
  • Select the new AMI in the AMIs section of the console
  • Select the AMI, then click Actions/Launch to launch a new instance from the AMI

See: Creating an Amazon EBS-Backed Linux AMI

Upvotes: 1

E.J. Brennan
E.J. Brennan

Reputation: 46849

Yes, you can create an AMI from your running instance and then launch a new instance from that AMI and it will essentially be a clone.

Upvotes: 2

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