I am totally new to AWS. There was a posting here ~ a year ago making claims about setting up a CentOS image on AWS.
I have created a free AWS account and am looking at the available images.
None are named CentOS. There is a Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 and Amazon's own Linux and SUSE, Ubuntu, but I don't find CentOS.
This is a learning endeavor. I was thinking to first set up a BIND slave for my domain. Then move on to a http image, then work with MariaDB. All to see what I can do with AWS that is familiar to what I do on my own servers.
Any pointers greatly appreciated.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 02:04:29PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I am totally new to AWS. There was a posting here ~ a year ago making claims about setting up a CentOS image on AWS.
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Any pointers greatly appreciated.
https://www.centos.org/ -> Get CentOS https://www.centos.org/download/ ... Need a Cloud or Container Image? -> Amazon Web Services https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=16cb8b03-256e-4dde-8f34...
Does that help ?
Cheers
Tru
On 8/20/19 4:51 PM, Tru Huynh wrote:
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 02:04:29PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I am totally new to AWS. There was a posting here ~ a year ago making claims about setting up a CentOS image on AWS.
...
Any pointers greatly appreciated.
https://www.centos.org/ -> Get CentOS https://www.centos.org/download/ ... Need a Cloud or Container Image? -> Amazon Web Services https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=16cb8b03-256e-4dde-8f34...
Does that help ?
Tru, it is getting me closer. Next step is to figure out how to get this image on an EC2 instance. Or whatever it is suppose to be called.
AH, I think I have it. The Centos Image is free, but the infrastructure cost is $0.012/hr which means 1 image per free in the free tier. Additional images come out to $9/mo.
So if I have this right, I can play around all I want and learn on a single image, but 2nd image will cost.
Interesting.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 4:48 PM Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
Tru, it is getting me closer. Next step is to figure out how to get this image on an EC2 instance. Or whatever it is suppose to be called.
AH, I think I have it. The Centos Image is free, but the infrastructure cost is $0.012/hr which means 1 image per free in the free tier. Additional images come out to $9/mo.
So if I have this right, I can play around all I want and learn on a single image, but 2nd image will cost.
It's an AMI (Amazon Machine Image). You launch a new EC2 instance and in the setup you can search for and choose the CentOS one. It wasn't in the first search page for me, I had to click further into "AWS Marketplace" to find it. AWS bills per hour (though some newer AWS stuff is moving to per-second). In the free tier you get 750 hours of t2.micro run time for free. A typical month is 744 hours. You can split that up however you want. Run 75 instances for 10 hours each? Sure. Run 750 instances for 1 hour each? Sure. AWS billing can get complex, but be aware that you can be charged for run time of your instance(s), additional storage space, bandwidth overages, etc. There isn't much to worry about if you are being reasonable but TANSTAAFL so read through https://aws.amazon.com/free/ and understand what the limitations are.
On 8/20/19 7:13 PM, Jon Pruente wrote:
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 4:48 PM Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
Tru, it is getting me closer. Next step is to figure out how to get this image on an EC2 instance. Or whatever it is suppose to be called.
AH, I think I have it. The Centos Image is free, but the infrastructure cost is $0.012/hr which means 1 image per free in the free tier. Additional images come out to $9/mo.
So if I have this right, I can play around all I want and learn on a single image, but 2nd image will cost.
It's an AMI (Amazon Machine Image). You launch a new EC2 instance and in the setup you can search for and choose the CentOS one. It wasn't in the first search page for me, I had to click further into "AWS Marketplace" to find it. AWS bills per hour (though some newer AWS stuff is moving to per-second). In the free tier you get 750 hours of t2.micro run time for free. A typical month is 744 hours. You can split that up however you want. Run 75 instances for 10 hours each? Sure. Run 750 instances for 1 hour each? Sure. AWS billing can get complex, but be aware that you can be charged for run time of your instance(s), additional storage space, bandwidth overages, etc. There isn't much to worry about if you are being reasonable but TANSTAAFL so read through https://aws.amazon.com/free/ and understand what the limitations are.
I am attempting to learn AWS to have that in my 'toolbox'. For Centos work I have my armv7 boxen:
http://www.htt-consult.com/arm.html
But I wanted to see if I could reasonably work with AWS as an alternative.
More to learn.
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