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April 10, 2011
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Amazon EC2 AMI -- can it be modified?

  • April 10, 2011
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Wondering if I'm allowed to modify and save the flash ami "adobe-flashmediaserver-useast/fms-4.0.1.8011-centos"?

It'd be nice to not have to reinstall and configure everything every time I run an instance.

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    SE_0208
    Participating Frequently
    April 11, 2011

    I do not think you can modify or save it.

    But you can use other Amazon EC2 technlogies to create an AMI from an running instance and next time use that AMI when creating new instances if i am not mistaken. Also you can use EBS to store data and then use that EBS to attach to newer instances.

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    Reade2011
    Participant
    April 14, 2011

    I think your answer is referring to other images that people provide by AMI's, but it doesn't cover anyone who wants an image of FMS on an AMI, right?  the AMI provided by Adobe doesn't seem to allow it to be converted into a personal AMI.  (BTW, I might be completely off in my information... I'm a newbie and most of the links on EC2 information at Adobe are broken.)

    If I cannot save changes/modifications for my application, what use is it for the public?

    I would expect that I should be able to do the following.

    - Take the public image provided by Adobe for FMS

    - Modify by adding a database (or anything else) that might application needs

    - tweak other configuration data and store (mount S3 or EBS)

    - save / create as an AMI so I don't have to reconfigure every time I want to stop/restart an instance.


    Does anyone know if this can be done?  I'm suspecting that Adobe has only released this for developers to play in a sandbox and not for a serious application that people will use in production.  i actually hope that I'm wrong, but with Adobe not publishing information makes it look like people are only just playing with it.

    thanks,

    -RJ

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    SE_0208
    Participating Frequently
    April 19, 2011

    Modifications can be scripted on start up.  See the user-data input field.  This allows additions / updates to be made.  It also allows the ability to mount the s3 or ebs.

    No, one can not save / create an AMI based off of the Adobe FMS AMI.

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