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class="anchor" id="line-1"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-2"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-3"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="Official_Debian_Amazon_Machine_Images_.28AMIs.29">Official Debian Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-4"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-5"></span><ul><li>Debian 12 ("Bookworm") <span class="anchor" id="line-6"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="https" href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=4d4d4e5f-c474-49f2-8b18-94de9d43e2c0&ref=dtl_prodview-63gms6fbfaota">AWS Marketplace</a> (<a class="https" href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-g5rooj5oqzrw4">amd64</a> and <a class="https" href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-63gms6fbfaota">arm64</a>) <span class="anchor" id="line-7"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image/Bookworm">Debian published AMIs</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-8"></span></li></ul></li><li>Debian 11 ("Bullseye") <span class="anchor" id="line-9"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="https" href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=4d4d4e5f-c474-49f2-8b18-94de9d43e2c0&ref=dtl_B0859NK4HC">AWS Marketplace</a> (<a class="https" href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-l5gv52ndg5q6i">amd64</a> and <a class="https" href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-jwzxq55gno4p4">arm64</a>) <span class="anchor" id="line-10"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image/Bullseye">Debian published AMIs</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-11"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-12"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span></li></ul></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h2 id="Historical_releases_of_Debian_for_Amazon_EC2">Historical releases of Debian for Amazon EC2</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image/Buster">Debian 10 (buster) AMIs</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image/Stretch">Debian 9 (stretch) AMIs</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image/Jessie">Debian 8 (jessie) AMIs</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image/Wheezy">Debian 7 (wheezy) AMIs</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image/Squeeze">Debian 6 (squeeze) AMIs</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h2 id="Further_information">Further information</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span><p class="line862">Debian's <a href="/Amazon%20EC2">Amazon EC2</a> AMIs are managed by the <a href="/Teams/Cloud">cloud team</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-24"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-25"></span><p class="line862">For discussion about Debian on various cloud providers, please join the <a class="https" href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/">debian-cloud mailing list</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-26"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-27"></span><p class="line862">Please report bugs to the <tt class="backtick">cloud.debian.org</tt> pseudo-package, when they are related to the choices made when building the image (which packages to include, which customisation was made, etc.). Advanced users can add the <a class="https" href="https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?user=cloud.debian.org%40packages.debian.org">usertags</a> to triage the report more precisely. <span class="anchor" id="line-28"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-29"></span><p class="line862">See also our <a href="/Amazon/EC2/FAQ">EC2 FAQ</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-30"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-31"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="AMI_builds">AMI builds</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-32"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-33"></span><p class="line862">Starting with the stretch (9.x) release, the cloud team has been using the <a class="https" href="https://fai-project.org/">FAI</a> tool to generate the AMIs. The FAI configuration used for the stretch EC2 images can be found in the <a class="https" href="https://salsa.debian.org/cloud-team/debian-cloud-images/tree/debian/stretch">debian/stretch</a> branch of the <a class="https" href="https://salsa.debian.org/cloud-team/debian-cloud-images">FAI Cloud Images</a> repository on Salsa. There's a brief overview describing how to generate your own (possibly customized) AMIs based on these configs on <a class="https" href="https://noah.meyerhans.us/blog/2017/02/10/using-fai-to-customize-and-build-your-own-cloud-images/">Noah's blog</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-34"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-35"></span><p class="line862">The release builds are published by the account ID: <tt class="backtick">136693071363</tt>. <span class="anchor" id="line-36"></span>But you will also find builds published by the account ID: <tt class="backtick">903794441882</tt> as said on the blog post. <span class="anchor" id="line-37"></span>You should use the <tt class="backtick">136693071363</tt> as a trusted account Id. <span class="anchor" id="line-38"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-39"></span><p class="line862">For example you can list all the AMI published by the account <tt class="backtick">136693071363</tt>: <a class="https" href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home#Images:visibility=public-images;owner=136693071363">https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home#Images:visibility=public-images;owner=136693071363</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-40"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-41"></span><p class="line862">The publishing is done using a script from the <a class="https" href="https://salsa.debian.org/cloud-team/debian-cloud-images">Salsa repository for debian-cloud-images</a>: <a class="https" href="https://salsa.debian.org/cloud-team/debian-cloud-images/-/blob/master/src/debian_cloud_images/cli/upload_ec2.py">upload_ec2.py</a> that does upload the built VMDK from S3 into an AMI and assigns the default settings for the AMI. <span class="anchor" id="line-42"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-43"></span><p class="line862">The AMI contents are the same as the images published on: <a class="https" href="https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/latest/debian-12-ec2-amd64.tar.xz">https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/latest/debian-12-ec2-amd64.tar.xz</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-44"></span>The <a class="https" href="https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/latest/debian-12-ec2-amd64.json">JSON metadata file</a> can be used to find the version of the built image. <span class="anchor" id="line-45"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-46"></span><p class="line862">For example the version was <tt class="backtick">"version": "20250210-2019"</tt> that means you can find the AMI at <a class="https" href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home#Images:visibility=public-images;owner=136693071363;source=amazon/debian-12-amd64-20250210-2019">https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home#Images:visibility=public-images;owner=136693071363;source=amazon/debian-12-amd64-20250210-2019</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-47"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-48"></span><p class="line874">The published versions of the AMI are: <span class="anchor" id="line-49"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-50"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">debian-{debVersion}-{arch}-{jsonVersion}</tt> For example: <tt class="backtick">debian-12-amd64-20250210-2019</tt> <span class="anchor" id="line-51"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">debian-{debVersion}-backports-{arch}-{jsonVersion}</tt> <em>This variant is not a production quality AMI.</em> <span class="anchor" id="line-52"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-53"></span></li></ul><p class="line862">The AMI are published for the CPU architectures: <tt class="backtick">amd64</tt> and <tt class="backtick">arm64</tt> <span class="anchor" id="line-54"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-55"></span><p class="line862">Also, if you need to restore a volume, you can use a snapshot: <a class="https" href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home#Snapshots:visibility=public;ownerId=136693071363;description=Debian%2012%20(20250210-2019)">AWS console - Snapshots list: Owner = 136693071363 Description = Debian 12 (20250210-2019)</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-56"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-57"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-58"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-59"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="Debian_installer">Debian installer</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-60"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-61"></span><p class="line862">See <a href="/Cloud/AmazonEC2DebianInstaller">Cloud/AmazonEC2DebianInstaller</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-62"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-63"></span><p class="line867"><hr /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-64"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-65"></span><p class="line867"><a href="/CategoryVirtualization">CategoryVirtualization</a> | <a href="/CategorySystemAdministration">CategorySystemAdministration</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-66"></span><span class="anchor" id="bottom"></span></div><div id="pagebottom"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p id="pageinfo" class="info" lang="en" dir="ltr">Cloud/AmazonEC2Image (<a class="nbinfo" href="/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image?action=info" rel="nofollow">last modified 2025-02-28 15:44:30</a>)</p> <ul id="credits"> <li>Debian <a href="https://www.debian.org/legal/privacy">privacy policy</a>, Wiki <a href="/Teams/DebianWiki">team</a>, <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/wiki.debian.org">bugs</a> and <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wiki.debian.org">config</a>.</li><li>Powered by <a href="https://moinmo.in/" title="This site uses the MoinMoin Wiki software.">MoinMoin</a> and <a href="https://moinmo.in/Python" title="MoinMoin is written in Python.">Python</a>, with hosting provided by <a href="https://www.man-da.de/">Metropolitan Area Network Darmstadt</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>