Yep, that totally clears it up. Thanks, Ivan. =-) -g On 10/12/2010, at 8:53 AM, Ivan Vanderbyl wrote:
> 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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