Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:15:58 +0000 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com> To: Rafal Lukawiecki <raf@rafal.net> Cc: freebsd-cloud@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMI building AMI Message-ID: <01000160996717b2-70167d82-c887-4e1e-b4a6-924bd8eafd55-000000@email.amazonses.com> In-Reply-To: <8BCB67B8-DE56-491A-8E6A-95AFB83F71D6@rafal.net> References: <085D225B-2E99-4540-B693-223087B14A27@rafal.net> <0100016099578ea7-02da1d5c-997d-47be-9cd8-dc6b75bbeda6-000000@email.amazonses.com> <8BCB67B8-DE56-491A-8E6A-95AFB83F71D6@rafal.net>
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On 12/27/17 11:02, Rafal Lukawiecki wrote: >> On 27 Dec 2017, at 18:59, Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com> wrote: >> I can build an 11.1 AMI Builder AMI tomorrow if you'd like. Using this will >> be better than trying to clean a "live" instance, since even if you delete >> all the files you don't want to include, they'll still be lingering in the >> free disk space. If this includes AWS keys, this could have very bad results. > > Thank you, Colin. Yes, it would be useful, but it can wait till you return from your Japanese conference. You don't want to wait that long -- AsiaBSDCon isn't until March! > Will I be able to use it in eu-west-1 or do I need to build in us-east-1, > save to s3 and import into eu? I've only built the AMI Builders in us-east-1 in the past. But it's very easy to copy AMIs between regions -- you don't need to save to S3 and then re-import them, just use the "copy AMI" command (available as an API call or via the AWS Console). -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
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