en Copyright 2025 Java http://opengrok.net:8080/history/src/release/tools/rc.amibuilder#58426589030308cd632477d328b9536b1634c54d EC2: Add AMI Builder AMI buildingStarting in 2015 I have published "AMI Builder AMIs" for FreeBSD/EC2:These boot into a memory disk, extract a "clean" copy of FreeBSD ontothe root disk, mount it at /mnt, and allow the user to SSH in to makecustomizations before creating a new AMI from the "running" instance(in fact, from the FreeBSD installation which is not running but ismounted on /mnt).This provides a much cleaner mechanism for building customized FreeBSDAMIs than the traditional Linux approach of "launch an EC2 instance,SSH in and configure it, then try to wipe logs and credentials beforecreating an AMI"; and it's easier than building a customized AMI abinitio by modifying the FreeBSD release-building code.This commit brings that functionality into the FreeBSD src tree andinto the collection of images built by the release engineering team:The EC2 "BUILDER" flavour AMI is essentially a "SMALL" flavour AMI witha compressed "BASE" flavour disk image, plus an init script whichjuggles disks around (rerooting into a memory disk and extracting the"BASE" image onto disk).Polished by: bz, emasteMFC after: 1 weekSponsored by: AmazonDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49930 List of files: /src/release/tools/rc.amibuilder Sun, 20 Apr 2025 16:38:48 +0000 Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> http://opengrok.net:8080/history/src/release/tools/rc.amibuilder#58426589030308cd632477d328b9536b1634c54d EC2: Add AMI Builder AMI buildingStarting in 2015 I have published "AMI Builder AMIs" for FreeBSD/EC2:These boot into a memory disk, extract a "clean" copy of FreeBSD ontothe root disk, mount it at /mnt, and allow the user to SSH in to makecustomizations before creating a new AMI from the "running" instance(in fact, from the FreeBSD installation which is not running but ismounted on /mnt).This provides a much cleaner mechanism for building customized FreeBSDAMIs than the traditional Linux approach of "launch an EC2 instance,SSH in and configure it, then try to wipe logs and credentials beforecreating an AMI"; and it's easier than building a customized AMI abinitio by modifying the FreeBSD release-building code.This commit brings that functionality into the FreeBSD src tree andinto the collection of images built by the release engineering team:The EC2 "BUILDER" flavour AMI is essentially a "SMALL" flavour AMI witha compressed "BASE" flavour disk image, plus an init script whichjuggles disks around (rerooting into a memory disk and extracting the"BASE" image onto disk).Polished by: bz, emasteMFC after: 1 weekSponsored by: AmazonDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49930 List of files: /src/release/tools/rc.amibuilder Sun, 20 Apr 2025 16:38:48 +0000 Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> http://opengrok.net:8080/history/src/release/tools/rc.amibuilder#58426589030308cd632477d328b9536b1634c54d EC2: Add AMI Builder AMI buildingStarting in 2015 I have published "AMI Builder AMIs" for FreeBSD/EC2:These boot into a memory disk, extract a "clean" copy of FreeBSD ontothe root disk, mount it at /mnt, and allow the user to SSH in to makecustomizations before creating a new AMI from the "running" instance(in fact, from the FreeBSD installation which is not running but ismounted on /mnt).This provides a much cleaner mechanism for building customized FreeBSDAMIs than the traditional Linux approach of "launch an EC2 instance,SSH in and configure it, then try to wipe logs and credentials beforecreating an AMI"; and it's easier than building a customized AMI abinitio by modifying the FreeBSD release-building code.This commit brings that functionality into the FreeBSD src tree andinto the collection of images built by the release engineering team:The EC2 "BUILDER" flavour AMI is essentially a "SMALL" flavour AMI witha compressed "BASE" flavour disk image, plus an init script whichjuggles disks around (rerooting into a memory disk and extracting the"BASE" image onto disk).Polished by: bz, emasteMFC after: 1 weekSponsored by: AmazonDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49930 List of files: /src/release/tools/rc.amibuilder Sun, 20 Apr 2025 16:38:48 +0000 Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>