Fedora 13 on EC2
In short: it works!
== Wait, what?
Recently Amazon released new AKI images with PvGrub [1] which enables running kernels
shipped with AMI instead of selecting AKI/ARI pair available on Amazon.
http://thecloudmarket.com/search?search_term=pvgrub
== How I can create my Fedora 13 image to run on EC2?
This week I added support (with David's help!) for Fedora 13 for EC2 to BoxGrinder
[2], BoxGrinder is a tool for creating appliances (virtual machines) for various virtual
environments (Xen, KVM, VMware, EC2). You can learn more about BoxGrinder reading the
documentation [3]. New BoxGrinder Build version which has Fedora 13 support backed in,
will be released this week! Feel free to watch our blog [4].
I used the following definition:
name: jeos-f13
summary: Just Enough Operating System based on Fedora 13
os:
name: fedora
version: 13
hardware:
partitions:
"/":
size: 2
packages:
includes:
- bash
- kernel-PAE
- grub
- e2fsprogs
- passwd
- policycoreutils
- chkconfig
- rootfiles
- yum
- vim-minimal
- acpid
- dhclient
- iputils
- openssh-server
- openssh-clients
- system-config-firewall-base
If you want still use kickstarts, Huff will provide a jeos kickstart file too, right?
== Is there a Fedora 13 AMI available NOW?
Yes, you can use this AMI:
ami-988b60f1
Bear in mind: this is only a temporary 32 bit version. I'll create new JEOS images for
32 and 64 bit this week, stay tuned.
So, take care and test the image!
[1] http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/PvGrub
[2] http://www.jboss.org/stormgrind/projects/boxgrinder.html
[3] http://community.jboss.org/wiki/BoxGrinderDocumentation
[4] http://cloudpress.org/
--Marek