boxgrinder vs. AMC "create image"

[Max Spevack]

On Tue, 4 Oct 2011, sean darcy wrote:

> I see on the AWS Management Console an instance action "create image". 
> Would this be a coward's way out?

It certainly seems that way.

Try it:

Launch an AMI.

Modify the instance in some way -- add packages using yum, enable it as 
a webserver, etc.

Go through that create image workflow in the console.  It will give you 
a private AMI ID for a new AMI that you own.

Then launch more of that instance, and see if it is in the same state as 
the original.

I haven't tried it, but it seems like that is the way it will work.

--Max