Images

An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a disk image that contains an operating system and other software components. AMIs are used as a starting point when launching machine instances. The list of images contains all AMIs available to the account. You may filter the list with the controls above it to quickly find items of interest. You can also mark images as favorites, so you can find them with a simple click anytime you want.

Registering an image

1. Select Images under EC2 under the account you with to register the image for.
2. Click on the Add button.
3. Specify the name of the bucket where the image manifest object resides and key of the manifest object.
4. Click on the Add button.
5. Images may take a while to register. Once an image is available it will show up in the list of images.

De-registering an image

1. Select Images under EC2 under the account you with to de-register the image from.
2. Select the image you wish to de-register from the list of images.
3. Click on the Remove button.

Images have launch permissions assigned that control who may use them. An image can always be launched by its owner and permissions may be granted to other accounts. Public images are available to everyone within EC2.

Changing an image's launch permissions

1. Select Images under EC2 under the account the image belongs to.
2. Select the image you wish to change from the list of images.
3. Select the Launch Permissions tab.
4. Wait for the rules to be downloaded.
5. To grant launch permissions to a user click the Add button, enter the user's Account ID and click Add.
6. To revoke launch permissions from a user select it and click the Remove button.
7. To make an image public/private check/uncheck the Public checkbox.
8. Click Apply to save the changes.