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donnydarko
donnydarko

Reputation: 59

Do AWS charge licence fee for an image based on RHEL AMI

The problem is I bake an AMI with Packer and I use RHEL as a source.

When the image is being baked AWS charge for the Packer VM on pay-as-you-go basis, but when that image is ready and I start using it, do AWS know that it’s based on RHEL? Do they still charge licence fee for it?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 593

Answers (1)

Adiii
Adiii

Reputation: 60074

do AWS know that it’s based on RHEL

Yes exactly, no matter if created it using a packer, as it still bases on some AMI same like Docker base image.

You can check the platform info using aws cli

aws ec2 describe-images     --region us-west-2     --image-ids ami-03c752ed9 --query 'Images[].PlatformDetails'

or for running instance you can check with You can check the AMI using AWS CLI bypassing the newly created instance

EC2_ID=i-042dbcf65c7bdc3d4 aws ec2 describe-images --image-ids $(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids $EC2_ID --query 'Reservations[0].Instances[0].ImageId' --output text) --query 'Images[0].Name'

Do they still charge a licence fee for it?

This is something that depends on the source AMI

aws ec2 describe-images --region us-west-2 --image-ids ami-03c752ed931sdf5 --query 'Images[].ProductCodes'

You can find price details here for AMI if it from the market place if the source AMI is community AMI then it will be free.

You can also check further details about RedHat AMI in AWS redhat FAQ

Upvotes: 3

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