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A clean, base install of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy, built by Eric Hammond as part of the Alestic.com series [update 2009-10-11]

Submitted By:	Eric Hammond
AMI ID:	ami-c4f615ad
AMI Manifest:	alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20091011.manifest.xml
License:	Public
Operating System:	Linux/Unix

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:

http://alestic.com

Selecting the correct Ubuntu AMI for your needs will improve your EC2 experience.

Description

This AMI is a clean, base install of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy, built by Eric Hammond. This 32-bit AMI is for running on the 32-bit instance sizes including: m1.small, c1.medium

Features

Features include:

Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy 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
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.

runurl utility from Alestic PPA pre-installed for use in user-data scripts.

openssh-server installed

On first boot, runs instance user-data script if it starts with #!

Generate new ssh host keys on first boot and output fingerprints

ca-certificates installed to support SSL in ec2-bundle-upload

libc6-xen installed for performance

/etc/apt/sources.list for hardy 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

10GB 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).

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.

http://alestic.com

History

Use new 2.6.21 kernel, ramdisk, and kernel modules from Amazon (security fix)

Add Alestic PPA to apt sources on Ubuntu

Install runurl from Alestic PPA

Pin the ec2-ami-tools package version so it does not get downgraded

All packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-e546a78c - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20090804.manifest.xml

Upgrade EC2 AMI tools to 1.3-34544

Improve security by running host key regeneration after RNG initialization.

All packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-0772946e - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20090614.manifest.xml

Improve apt sources to failover through Ubuntu archive mirrors in multiple availability zones if one or two of them are unavailable.

Upgrade EC2 AMI tools to 1.3-31780

All packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-ef48af86 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20090418.manifest.xml

Disable ssh PasswordAuthentication by default to improve security

All packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-71fd1a18 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20090216.manifest.xml

apt sources.list now uses a local EC2 mirror of Ubuntu provided by RightScale.

All packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-1c5db975 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20081222.manifest.xml

Upgrade EC2 AMI tools to 1.3-34544 20071010 with support for European region eu-west-1

All packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-51709438 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20081130.manifest.xml

New --arch option from patch by Don Spaulding II

Upgrade EC2 AMI tools to 1.3-26357 20071010

The old 2.6.16 kernel modules are no longer bundled with the image.

All packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-1cd73375 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20080924.manifest.xml

bugfix: Mounts /mnt as ephemeral storage with /etc/fstab

All packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-38d43051 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20080922.manifest.xml

DEFECT: This AMI is missing /etc/fstab and does not mount /mnt as ephemeral storage!

bugfix: Only generate ssh host keys on first boot, not on every reboot.

Enable TLS, install libc6-xen, and remove libc6-i686

All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-c0fa1ea9 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20080905.manifest.xml

All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-179e7a7e - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20080803.manifest.xml

Build using latest debootstrap v1.0.10

Output new ssh host key fingerprints to console log for security.

Use newly built kernel modules where fuse supports NFS export.

All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-26bc584f - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20080628.manifest.xml

Change default timezone to UTC

Increase default root partition size to 10GB

All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-6a57b203 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20080517.manifest.xml

Support instance user-data boot hook scripts.

All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-2048ad49 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20080514.manifest.xml

Create new ssh host keys on first boot.

Don't try to set the CMOS hwclock under Xen and save 4 seconds on boot.

Don't try to run apparmor as we don't have the kernel module installed yet.

Silence grep warnings about missing authorized_keys.

All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-ce44a1a7 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20080430.manifest.xml

First build direct from ec2ubuntu-build-ami script

ami-75789d1c - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20080424.manifest.xml

Fresh upgrade with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy release

ami-3a7c9953 - alestic/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-base-20080419.manifest.xml

Upgrade to use Amazon FC8 2.6.21 kernel

All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions (release candidate)

ami-1539dc7c - level22-ec2-images/ubuntu-8.04-hardy-20080205a.manifest.xml

Original (alpha) release on 2.6.16 kernel

Discussion

The 5 most recent discussion messages. View full discussion.

thegreyham

Posts: 5
Registered: 2/15/09

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Base Install
Posted: Feb 15, 2009 12:22 PM PST

in response to: yanone1

the console only works with US amazon instances/EBS etc

Use elasticfox if you want to control via a GUI panel

valentinilie

Posts: 1
Registered: 2/24/09

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Base Install
Posted: Feb 24, 2009 5:51 AM PST

in response to: yanone1

Hello, I am from Romania, Europe and I am trying to use Eric Hammond 's AMI "ami-71fd1a18".
I run an instance and I try to connect to it through putty. At Session category Under Host Name I introduce ec2-174-129-139-252.compute-1.amazonaws.com, under Port 22 and under Connection Type I select SSH.
At SSH category under Auth I upload my generated public/private key file. This public/private key is generated with the command ec2-add-keypair.

The problem is I can not connect to my instance. An username and password is required. Can you help me on this?

ramaaztecsoft

Posts: 8
Registered: 9/29/08

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Base Install
Posted: Feb 24, 2009 9:35 PM PST

in response to: sallubhai

If you plan to share an AMI derived from a public AMI, remove the existing SSH host key pairs located in /etc/ssh. This forces SSH to generate new unique SSH key pairs when someone launches an instance using your AMI, improving security and reducing the likelihood of "man-in-the-middle" attacks.

The following list shows the SSH files to remove.

ssh_host_dsa_key
ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
ssh_host_key
ssh_host_key.pub
ssh_host_rsa_key
ssh_host_rsa_key.pub

hippo94579

Posts: 1
Registered: 2/26/09

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Base Install
Posted: Feb 26, 2009 1:47 PM PST

in response to: valentinilie

I think you take the key.pem file and convert it to a putty key.ppk with a free conversion tool called putty generator. Feed it the key.pem file and the utility will make the key.ppk.

It sounds like you are doing everything else right.

rpcoopman

Posts: 2
Registered: 2/23/09

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Base Install
Posted: Dec 8, 2009 7:08 AM PST

in response to: sallubhai

This is a great package - thank you. Is there a way or best practice for "upgrading an AMI"? I built a site with ami-71fd1a18 and it has now gone thru several revisions and upgrades. To migrate to the latest do I have to reinstall and configure from scratch with the new ami? or is there a way to "upgrade"... ???

Reviews

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Issue with apt-get install anything, Feb 26, 2009 1:52 PM
Reviewer: hippo94579

I haven't been able to apt get install anything, I've tried appache2 and subversion. I have 3 reps in my etc/apt/source.list deb http://ec2-us-east-mirror.rightscale.com/ubuntu hardy main restricted universe multiverse deb http://ec2-us-east-mirror.rightscale.com/ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse Any ideas?

Great job! Thanks., Mar 2, 2009 1:39 AM
Reviewer: Ben

do: apt-get update first. That worked for me.

Solid Installation and Configuration, Mar 18, 2009 11:53 AM
Reviewer: biguru

Easy launch and modifications. Configuration files are up to date for installing additional linux applications. Thanks for the great AMI! Nanse.

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