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New kernels coming to Amazon EC2

Up to now you could run any Linux distribution on Amazon EC2 but you could only run Amazon’s 2.6.16 kernel. Well strictly speaking there are two kernels: a 2.6.16.0 kernel for the 32-bit instances and a 2.6.16.33 kernel for the … Continue reading

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Ubuntu 7.04 Amazon EC2 image release

We’ve been working on an Ubuntu RightImage for a while now and it just took longer than expected to iron out all the little wrinkles. But now it’s available as `RightImage Ubuntu7.04V1_14_2` with AMI ID ami-f3cc299a and location `rightscale_images/Ubuntu7.04_V1_14_2`. This … Continue reading

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Configuring servers with RightScripts

With EC2 the way one configures a server is by creating a machine image (AMI). But there has to be a better way! The first time I created an AMI almost a year ago it was a lot of fun. … Continue reading

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