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Mahtab Alam
Mahtab Alam

Reputation: 1870

Launching an Instance Store backed Instance

Just wanted to know, how can I launch an Instance Store Backed Instance, on the EC2 launch page I see all EBS backed AMIs. Don't see any Instance store backed AMI. Do I have to create an Instance Store Backed AMI first to launch an Instance Store backed instance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 123

Answers (1)

John Rotenstein
John Rotenstein

Reputation: 269312

You will need to use an instance store-backed AMI.

When launching an Amazon EC2 instance in the management console:

  • Select Community AMIs
  • For Root device type, select Instance store
  • Select a desired AMI

By the way, there is very little benefit these days in booting off instance store, compared to the benefits that EBS provides (start/stop, snapshots, resizing, etc).

Upvotes: 1

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