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EC2

Create Image of an Instance​

aws ec2 create-image \
    --instance-id <i-0123456789abcdef> \
    --name "AMI-Image-Name" \
    --description "AMI Image of EC2 created from Source AWS Account to Destination AWS Account" \
    --region <region-id> \
    --profile <optional-profile>

Share AMI with Another AWS Account​

aws ec2 modify-image-attribute \
    --image-id <AMI-ID-retrieved-from-above-command> \
    --region <region-id> \
    --launch-permission "Add=[{UserId=<destination-aws-account-id>}]" \
    --profile <profile>

AWS EC2 SSM Policy​

  • AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore ***
  • AmazonSSMPatchAssociation

Ref: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/patterns/connect-to-an-amazon-ec2-instance-by-using-session-manager.html

AWS EC2 Image Export​

AWS Export Command to create image for Oracle or other compatibility​

  • Create Task
aws ec2 create-instance-export-task --instance-id i-yfyufguyhgjh4354 --target-environment vmware --export-to-s3-task DiskImageFormat=vmdk,ContainerFormat=ova,S3Bucket=bucket-name --profile profile-name --region region-name
  • Describe Task
aws ec2 describe-export-tasks --export-task-ids export-i-9486d2dd5b4e4744t --profile profile-name --region region-name

Ref:

AWS Application Migration Service​