Manual image registration process
Decompress the image file
Use this command to extract the image files.
tar xvzf images.tgz
You get a directory listing like so:
images
|-- aki-lucid
| |-- image
| `-- info.json
|-- ami-tiny
| |-- image
| `-- info.json
`-- ari-lucid
|-- image
`-- info.json
Send commands to upload sample image to the cloud
Type or copy/paste the following commands to create a manifest for the kernel.
euca-bundle-image -i images/aki-lucid/image -p kernel --kernel true
You should see this in response:
Checking image Tarring image Encrypting image Splitting image... Part: kernel.part.0 Generating manifest /tmp/kernel.manifest.xml
Type or copy/paste the following commands to create a manifest for the ramdisk.
euca-bundle-image -i images/ari-lucid/image -p ramdisk --ramdisk true
You should see this in response:
Checking image Tarring image Encrypting image Splitting image... Part: ramdisk.part.0 Generating manifest /tmp/ramdisk.manifest.xml
Type or copy/paste the following commands to upload the kernel bundle.
euca-upload-bundle -m /tmp/kernel.manifest.xml -b mybucket
You should see this in response:
Checking bucket: mybucket Creating bucket: mybucket Uploading manifest file Uploading part: kernel.part.0 Uploaded image as mybucket/kernel.manifest.xml
Type or copy/paste the following commands to upload the ramdisk bundle.
euca-upload-bundle -m /tmp/ramdisk.manifest.xml -b mybucket
You should see this in response:
Checking bucket: mybucket Uploading manifest file Uploading part: ramdisk.part.0 Uploaded image as mybucket/ramdisk.manifest.xml
Type or copy/paste the following commands to register the kernel and get its ID.
euca-register mybucket/kernel.manifest.xml
You should see this in response:
IMAGE ami-fcbj2non
Type or copy/paste the following commands to register the ramdisk and get its ID.
euca-register mybucket/ramdisk.manifest.xml
You should see this in response:
IMAGE ami-orukptrc
Type or copy/paste the following commands to create a manifest for the machine image associated with the ramdisk and kernel IDs that you got from the previous commands.
euca-bundle-image -i images/ami-tiny/image -p machine --kernel ami-fcbj2non --ramdisk ami-orukptrc
You should see this in response:
Checking image Tarring image Encrypting image Splitting image... Part: machine.part.0 Part: machine.part.1 Part: machine.part.2 Part: machine.part.3 Part: machine.part.4 Generating manifest /tmp/machine.manifest.xml
Type or copy/paste the following commands to upload the machine image bundle.
euca-upload-bundle -m /tmp/machine.manifest.xml -b mybucket
You should see this in response:
Checking bucket: mybucket Uploading manifest file Uploading part: machine.part.0 Uploading part: machine.part.1 Uploading part: machine.part.2 Uploading part: machine.part.3 Uploading part: machine.part.4 Uploaded image as mybucket/machine.manifest.xml
Type or copy/paste the following commands to register the machine image and get its ID.
euca-register mybucket/machine.manifest.xml
You should see this in response:
IMAGE ami-g06qbntt
You can proceed to Starting an instance