How to Bundle an Amazon Instance (instance store)

A detailed tutorial for bundling an Amazon instance.

	/*
	* author Huber Flores
	*/
	# Upload your keys to your instance (*.pem files)
	$ scp -i your_PrivateKeyFile.pem -r /PrivateKeysPath/huberfloresPrivateCertKeys.zip ubuntu@ec2-x-x-x-x.compute-1.amazonaws.com:/home/ubuntu/
	# Connect to your instance (local keys)
	$ ssh -i your_PrivateKeyFile.pem ubuntu@ec2-x-x-x-x.compute-1.amazonaws.com
	$ sudo su
	$ mkdir /mnt/img-mnt
	# put cert.pem and *.pem in /mnt/img-mnt or another folder depending on the AMI
	$ chmod 777 /mnt/img-mnt/
	$ cd img-mnt/
	# Bundle the image
	$ ec2-bundle-vol -r i386 -d /mnt/ -p "myami" -u 111222333 -k /mnt/img-mnt/your_PrivateKeyFile.pem -c /mnt/img-mnt/your_PrivateKeyFile_cert.pem
	# AmazonID is a long number. For example 111-222-333, you have to remove the hyphens 111222333
	# issues that can emerged
	# if fails due to limited space, then delete smt from disk
	# also, this process will create an image in ./tmp/image, you have to delete it
	# Notice that "-d /mnt" specifies the bundling point, thus this can solve the problem if /tmp has small space
	Copying / into the image file /mnt/myami...
	Excluding:
	/sys/kernel/debug
	/sys/kernel/security
	/sys
	/proc
	/dev/pts
	/dev
	/dev
	/media
	/mnt
	/proc
	/sys
	/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
	/etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules
	/mnt/myami
	/mnt/img-mnt
	1+0 records in
	1+0 records out
	1048576 bytes (1.0 MB) copied, 0.0098151 s, 107 MB/s
	mke2fs 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)
	warning: Unable to get device geometry for /mnt/myami
	Bundling image file...
	Splitting /mnt/myami.tar.gz.enc...
	Created myami.part.00
	Created myami.part.01
	Created myami.part.02
	Created myami.part.03
	.
	.
	.
	Creating bundle manifest...
	ec2-bundle-vol complete.
	# Upload to S3 (use the keys not the files)
	$ ec2-upload-bundle -b MyInstanceBucket -m /mnt/myami.manifest.xml -a AccessKey -s SecretKey
	The specified bucket is not S3 v2 safe (see S3 documentation for details):
	MyInstanceBucket
	Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N]y
	Uploading bundled image parts to the S3 bucket TNodeBucket ...
	Uploaded myami.part.00
	Uploaded myami.part.01
	.
	.
	.
	Uploaded myami.part.90
	Uploaded myami.part.91
	Uploading manifest ...
	Uploaded manifest.
	Bundle upload completed.
	# Register image
	$ ec2-register MyInstanceBucket/myami.manifest.xml -n myinstance -K your_PrivateKeyFile.pem -C your_PrivateKeyFile_cert.pem
	IMAGE ami-cxxxxxab

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This is a working document. If there are any errors, or if you disagree with anything which I have said, or have any suggestions for improvements please email me kyoraul@gmail.com.