Exporting an AMI to multiple formats

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0100

This is a short follow-up on my previous post.

In my previous post about creating an AMI with Image Builder, I exported that AMI to a different image format (vmdk).

There’s two things I ran into with that solution:

Creating an AMI with Image Builder

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100

The code that accompanies this blogpost can be found here

Update 2024-12-07: In the examples I use Amazon Linux 2023, which cannot be exported to other formats. I’ve changed the code in the repository to use an Ubuntu 24.04 base image, which can be exported.

I’ve been working with AWS Image Builder a lot more over the last couple of months, while replacing a Packer setup that was run on a Windows laptop, with Image Builder.

AWS Image Builder on Just Tinkering

Exporting an AMI to multiple formats

Creating an AMI with Image Builder