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Looking for a suitable BYOL image on AWS for single instance, hvm

BenLiesfeld

I am looking for an AWS image that supports hvm (the "new" virtualization environment of AWS). I found this one in the community marketplace, but the software configuration seems buggy: ami-7b9baf0c.

The description string of the AMI is: axg9300_aws-asg-9.316-20151002.5_64_ebs_byol-3c5bc9ef-2b23-4a8c-b6ac-3fc4e08f8dec-ami-53307136.2

Seems to be a recent image (Oct 2nd 2015).

The software version is 9.316000 and cannot be updated. I also noted that this image does not support the "newer" t2.* AWS instance types.

Which AMI can any of you recommend which fulfills my requirements:

  • hvm virtualization
  • part of the official upgrade path
  • supporting t2.small, t2.medium, t2.large.

TIA!



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    Hi,

    thanks for your input. The choice of instance type obviously depends on your use case. In may of our use cases small machines are plenty. What is more, we draw from a pool of reserved instances and are not free to choose any instance type.
    The thing is, Sophos officially offers HVM images on AWS. However, the guy who created these AMIs used a strange version of UTM9: 9.316000. This version does not exist in the official update path and therefore up2date refuses to perform any updates. It appears to me to be a very small fix...
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    Just because you see it in AWS doesn't mean it's ready for production yet ... this may be something of a work in progress. AFAIK, paravirtual instances, currently, are the only types supported officially. Maybe someone from Sophos will come along and have some input.
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