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jprism
jprism

Reputation: 3494

AWS: Unable to Launch an Instance from Image created from snapshot

Steps:

   1. Create a Snapshot from one of my GP2
   2. Click on Snapshots , select the above snapshot and Click Actions -> Create Image to create Images
   3. Click on AMIs and select the above image and Click "Launch"

Landed on Step 2 - Choose an Instance Type. But there are no types available. No valid instance types found. Neither able to click "Review And Launch"

What am I doing wrong?

PS: I can create image from EC2 instance and then able to Launch an instance (shows all types) successfully on that image

Upvotes: 7

Views: 1754

Answers (2)

geedoubleya
geedoubleya

Reputation: 507

The problem here is that when you create an Image (AMI) from a EBS snapshot, the default virtualisation type is Paravirtual. However, all the instance types that I have checked, require Hardware-assisted Virtualisation.

So if you click on the Virtualization type drop down box and select Hardware-assisted Virtualisation as below, then all the types will then be available when you launch an instance from the ami.

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References

Linux AMI Virtualization Types
Launching a Linux Instance from a Backup

Upvotes: 5

Sandi Laufenberg-Deku
Sandi Laufenberg-Deku

Reputation: 582

I had the same problem. I found that if I create the image from the INSTANCES list, it works fine.

But if I create the image from a snapshot, I get that same error.

Maybe at this time, we simply cannot successfully create images from snapshots - that's my guess. Not the route to go. But I could be wrong.

Upvotes: 0

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