Debian Etch Base Image

A clean Debian Etch with the AMI-Tools and libc6-xen library pre-installed.

The root password is 'etch', however, root password login is disabled (see '/etc/ssh/sshd_config'). You have to use ssh keys to launch and login to the instance in the same way as the Amazon public ami.

The AMI-Tools are installed so you can rebundle the running image as required.

At boot a script in '/etc/rc.local' grabs your public key (via http request) and appends it to '/root/.ssh/authorized_keys'. Be sure to consider the implications of this when rebundling the image.

A full HOWTO for building this AMI has been posted to the forum should you prefer to roll your own

This image has not been thoroughly tested and is provided for use without warranty of any kind on an 'as is' basis. That said I intend to use it myself and I hope you find it useful.