Pick the Right Release
For a complete list of the Debian and Ubuntu AMIs available in this
series including AMIs in the European EC2 region, please see the
following web page:
Selecting the correct Ubuntu AMI for your needs will improve
your EC2 experience.
Description
This AMI is a clean, base install of Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper 64-bit built by Eric Hammond.
This 64-bit AMI is for running on the 64-bit instance sizes including:
m1.large, m1.xlarge, c1.medium, c1.xlarge .
For the 32-bit sizes, please see the 32-bit Ubuntu
6.06 Dapper base install AMI
This AMI is ready to run or to install further software of your choosing and
rebundle for a more advanced AMI. This is a base install with pretty much
the packages that would be installed from an Ubuntu server CD base install
(no web server, no database, no email server). Additional packages can
easily be added using apt-get or aptitude.
Features
Features include:
- Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper with upgraded packages (as of 2009-10-11)
- Amazon EC2 AMI tools (1.3-34544 20071010) installed and patched
for Ubuntu
- Uses Amazon's newer 2.6.21 kernel (2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen-ec2-v1.0)
- Includes 2.6.21 kernel modules
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Defaults to Ubuntu archive mirrors inside of EC2, hosted by RightScale.
-
Alestic PPA added to software sources so packages can
be installed easily including
ec2-consistent-snapshot.
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runurl utility from
Alestic PPA pre-installed for use in
user-data scripts.
- openssh-server installed
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On first boot, runs instance user-data script if it starts with #!
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Generate new ssh host keys on first boot and output fingerprints
- ca-certificates installed to support SSL in ec2-bundle-upload
- /etc/apt/sources.list for dapper main restricted universe multiverse
- /etc/event.d/tty[2-6] removed to avoid error messages in logs
- Shadow passwords enabled
- root password locked
- ssh PasswordAuthentication disabled
- 3GB root (/) partition
- Network: DHCP on eth0, loopback on lo, simple /etc/hosts with
localhost
- root ssh public key creditials retrieved from instance parameters
or ephemeral store on startup (standard Amazon EC2 ssh access for
public AMIs)
- Added "UseDNS no" to /etc/ssh/sshd_config as recommended by
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2007-03-01/DeveloperGuide/public-ami-guidelines.html
- Comment appended to /etc/motd
- Locale en_US, Timezone UTC
Support
If you use or are thinking of using this AMI, please subscribe
to the ec2ubuntu
Google Group where you will find out about updates to the Ubuntu
AMIs and tips for running Ubuntu on Amazon EC2.
To subscribe, send an email mesage to ec2ubuntu-subscribe@googlegroups.com
Support is also available through the above forum with a growing
number of folks in the community using Ubuntu on EC2 (and a good core
of folks willing to answer questions).
History
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Use new 2.6.21 kernel, ramdisk, and kernel modules from Amazon (security fix)
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Add Alestic PPA to apt sources on Ubuntu
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Install runurl from Alestic PPA
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Pin the ec2-ami-tools package version so it does not get downgraded
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All packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-5546a73c -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20090804.manifest.xml
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Upgrade EC2 AMI tools to 1.3-34544
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Improve security by running host key regeneration after RNG initialization.
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All packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-e9749280 -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20090614.manifest.xml
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Upgrade EC2 AMI tools to 1.3-31780
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All packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-e757b08e -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20090418.manifest.xml
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Disable ssh PasswordAuthentication by default to improve security
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All packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-4dfe1924 -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20090215.manifest.xml
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All packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-025db96b -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20081222.manifest.xml
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Upgrade EC2 AMI tools to 1.3-34544 20071010 with support for European
region eu-west-1
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All packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-4370942a -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20081130.manifest.xml
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New --arch option from patch by Don Spaulding II
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Upgrade EC2 AMI tools to 1.3-26357 20071010
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The old 2.6.16 kernel modules are no longer bundled with the image.
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All packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-e9d73380 -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20080924.manifest.xml
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bugfix: Mounts /mnt as ephemeral storage with /etc/fstab
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All packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-0cd43065 -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20080922.manifest.xml
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DEFECT: This AMI is missing /etc/fstab and does not mount /mnt as
ephemeral storage!
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bugfix: Only generate ssh host keys on first boot, not on every reboot.
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All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-ccfa1ea5 -
alestic/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-20080905.manifest.xml
- Upgrade to use Amazon FC8 2.6.21 kernel
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All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-f69e7a9f -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20080804.manifest.xml
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Build using latest debootstrap v1.0.10
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Output new ssh host key fingerprints to console log for security.
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Use newly built kernel modules where fuse supports NFS export.
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All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-3fbc5856 -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20080628.manifest.xml
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Change default timezone to UTC
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Increase default root partition size to 10GB
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All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions
ami-3157b258 -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20080518.manifest.xml
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Support instance user-data boot hook scripts.
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All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions (release candidate)
ami-3b48ad52 -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20080514.manifest.xml
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Create new ssh host keys on first boot.
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Don't try to set the CMOS hwclock under Xen and save 4 seconds on boot.
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Don't try to run apparmor as we don't have the kernel module installed yet.
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Silence grep warnings about missing authorized_keys.
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All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions (release candidate)
ami-866e8bef -
alestic-64/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-64-20080403.manifest.xml
Build Process
Advanced users may consult the following page for information on how
this AMI was built and to get instructions for building their own.
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