I have a Windows VHD image created in Hyper-V, and I want it to exist as a S3-backed instance on EC2. I've found several articles (and a tutorial) on how to import my virtual machine to EC2. However, I can't find any instructions on how to use the imported VM to create a S3-backed instance.
The end result I'm looking for is that I have my Windows VHD image as an EC2 instance, whose root device type is 'instance store', not EBS.
Can anyone point me to instructions on how to accomplish this? I am new to Amazon EC2.
Best Answer
According to Amazon's documentation, you cannot build an instance store backed Windows AMI from scratch. You must build it up from an Amazon AMI. This is different from the options for creating Linux AMIs.
Reference: Bundling Amazon EC2 instance store-backed Windows AMIs