Gabe, ec2-bundle-vol works by packaging up the file system of the running instance into an image, which will be stored in one of the excluded directories (usually /tmp or /mnt) where as ec2-bundle-image works with existing images.
Hope that helps, Ivan On 10/12/2010, at 8:19 AM, Gabe Hollombe wrote: > Thanks, Ivan. > > I'm still wondering about my question, though. Does anyone know > exactly how ec2-bundle-vol works with a filesystem dump vs disk image? > > -g > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Ivan Vanderbyl <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Forget what I said earlier, there is now a Ubuntu 10.10 AMI for micro >> instances - the daily build. http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/maverick/current/ >> Try AMI 06d4226f for example. >> Ivan >> >> On 08/12/2010, at 9:57 AM, Clifford Heath wrote: >> >> On 08/12/2010, at 9:50 AM, Gabe Hollombe wrote: >> >> The docs for ec2-bundle-vol say: "Create a bundled AMI by taking a >> >> snapshot of the local machine's root file system, compressing, >> >> encrypting and signing the snapshot." >> >> Does that mean that if I have a current ec2 instance running on a >> >> mounted ebs volume that's 14 gigs big, but I'm only using 4 gigs of >> >> space on it, then after I ec2-bundle-vol it, I'll end up with a 4 gig >> >> (ish) ami image that I could restore to, say, a 5 gig ebs volume? >> >> That's a good question Gabe, but the answer is not in the above statement. >> It will depend on whether the "snapshot" is a disk image or a filesystem >> dump. >> >> Does anyone know? I'd like the answer too. >> >> Clifford Heath. >> >> >> -g >> >> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Ivan Vanderbyl <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> There isn't an official one yet, but you could use the ec2-bundle-vol to >> make one, just set the size to something that will fit a micro instance. >> >> -Ivan >> >> On 08/12/2010, at 9:02 AM, Gabe Hollombe wrote: >> >> Hmm. Has anyone noticed if they've got an adjusted Ubuntu 10 LTS >> >> image that fits on the 'free' Micro instance disk space yet? >> >> -g >> >> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Ivan Vanderbyl >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Chris, >> >> I'm using the latest Ubuntu 10.10 images >> >> from http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/maverick/release/ >> >> Seems to be setup quite nicely and haven't had any issues. >> >> Ivan >> >> On 29/11/2010, at 10:54 AM, Chris Lloyd wrote: >> >> I've been slow to catch onto this whole "cloud" thing and it seems >> >> like every man and his dog has their own virtual images. There were >> >> 6077 EC2 community images at last count! 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