I have Packer and shell scripts for using the official RHEL8 AMIs for x86_64 and aarch64 to create minimal (with a couple of AWS-specific tools; search "optional" in the shell script) CentOS 8 AMIs. Hopefully this is helpful to others: https://gist.github.com/alanivey/68712e6172b793037fbd77ebb3112c3f On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 4:41 AM Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 11:58 PM Thomas Stephen Lee <lee.iitb at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 4:35 AM Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 11:07 AM Fabian Arrotin <arrfab at centos.org> > wrote: > >> > > >> > On 16/05/2020 16:20, Thomas Stephen Lee wrote: > >> > > Hi, > >> > > > >> > > I am a user of CentOS 8. > >> > > When can we expect an image on AWS? > >> > > I am just learning AWS and would like to use CentOS 8 for that. > >> > > > >> > > https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/CloudInstance > >> > > > >> > > says that this is the list to ask. > >> > > > >> > > thanks > >> > > > >> > > --- > >> > > Lee > >> > > > >> > > >> > we built CentOS 8 AMI for both x86_64 and aarch64 and I was able to > >> > import these images in our own account, and could boot these images > fine. > >> > We tried to reach out to AWS multiple times but no answer so actually > >> > I'd be tempted to just share for 8.2.2004 release the AMIs and > announce > >> > that nobody can use marketplace but can directly launched shared AMIs > >> > when the have the reference , so like what Fedora is doing (we never > >> > were able to get the 8.0.1905 nor 8.1911 images published on > >> > marketplace) :-( > >> > >> I've done it by hand now, for CentOS 8 and RHEL 8, by building locally > >> on VirtualBox or VMware Player from installation media and exporting a > >> VM image to import on for an AWSM AMI. It does require some caution: > >> encrypting your root disk images, for example, is considered a good > >> security step. But XFS on CentOS 7 used to present some difficulties, > >> and I wound engaging in some serious "use my own tools to transfer the > >> running OS to a pristine new disk image partitioned the way my client > >> demanded to follow their security standards. I've been pulling that > >> stunt since roughly 1998 when updating and repartitioning operating > >> systeems for a Very Large CDN, the experience is helpful for dealing > >> with mock and chroot dcages. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > > > > Hi, > > > > Can Red Hat/IBM/Community do something to help? > > > > thanks > > Sharing a popular AMI out of your own personal account can become.... > expensive, for an individual, especially if it's a bit on the buiky > side with graphical applications or development tools. There also may > be bureaucratic or business goal reasons for AWS to delay CentOs 8: I > hope there is no subtle interference going on behind closed doors. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20200524/093b189b/attachment-0007.html>