On 11 November 2015 at 14:11, Anders Ingemann <and...@ingemann.de> wrote:
> You got me thinking :-) > It *should* actually be possible to bootstrap EBS backed instances locally: > http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/importing-your-volumes-into-amazon-ebs.html > You can upload EBS snapshots. AWS supports VMDK, VHD and RAW formats! > I didn't know that until just now, hence my previous insistence on runniong > bootstrap-vz in a ec2 environment. > This is definitely something we could support in bootstrap-vz. This is something really interesting. As long as we are able to convert this imported volume to an AMI, this will improve the EC2 bootstrapping process a lot. Nice finding, Anders! > p.s.: Explicitly CC'ed Tiago and James to get their attention and input on > this, though maybe it should be in another thread This message still skipped my inbox. I guess I should update my filters. :-) -- Tiago "Myhro" Ilieve Blog: https://blog.myhro.info/ GitHub: https://github.com/myhro/ LinkedIn: https://br.linkedin.com/in/myhro Montes Claros - MG, Brasil
