= Building AMIs for easier deployment =

If your region doesn't yet have a Sahana AMI in, then it is easy to create one which allows easier deployment of future instances for both you & others. The only cost to you is a small amount of time to publish it & then using up your 1Gb Snapshot allowance within the free tier.

* Install the instance as-above
* Don't run the configure script
* Shutdown the EBS instance.
{{{
shutdown -h now

}}}

* Go to your aws console for the current region at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home | EC2 Console]

* Select the debian instance you just prepared in the "Instances"

* Select " Create Image (EBS AMI) " in the "Instance Actions" drop down.

[[Image(http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/raw-attachment/wiki/InstallationGuidelines/Amazon/create-image.png, 75%)]]

* Choose an Image name - Lets say - "Sahana Eden" and fill in a description.

[[Image(http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/raw-attachment/wiki/InstallationGuidelines/Amazon/create-image-config.png, 75%)]]

* Click "Create this Image"

* Go to the "AMIS" menu and select "Owned by me" and "All Platforms" in the Viewing dropdown.

[[Image(http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/raw-attachment/wiki/InstallationGuidelines/Amazon/ami-built.png, 75%)]]

* Wait for about 5 minutes and hit refresh for the AMI you just built to appear.

* Select the AMI and click the Permissions button - Select public, to make the image public.

[[Image(http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/raw-attachment/wiki/InstallationGuidelines/Amazon/ami-permissions.2.png, 75%)]]

Keep Templates as EBS Volumes as this is cheaper than Snapshots