Red Hat Summit第3章 Deploying a RHEL image as an EC2 instance on AWS
To use RHEL image on an Amazon Web Services (AWS), convert the RHEL image to the AWS-compatible format. Then, deploy a VM from the RHEL image to run as an Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instance. To create, customize, and deploy a RHEL Amazon Machine Image (AMI), you can use one of the following methods:
- Use the RHEL image builder. For instructions, see Preparing and uploading AMI images to AWS and AWS specific resources list.
- Manually create and configure an AMI. This is a more complicated process but offers more granular customization options. For instructions, see the following sections.
To deploy a RHEL image as an EC2 instance on AWS, make sure to complete following steps:
- You have created a Red Hat account.
- You have signed up and set up an AWS account.
3.1. Available RHEL image types for public cloud
To deploy your RHEL virtual machine VM on a certified cloud service provider (CCSP), you can use several options. The following table lists the available image types, subscriptions, considerations, and sample scenarios for the image types.
To deploy customized ISO images, you can use RHEL image builder. With RHEL image builder, you can create, upload, and deploy these custom images specific to your chosen CCSP. For details, see Composing a Customized RHEL System Image.
| Image types | Subscriptions | Considerations | Sample scenario |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deploy a Red Hat gold image | Use your existing Red Hat subscriptions | The subscriptions include the Red Hat product cost and support for Cloud Access images, while you pay the CCSP for all other instance costs | Select a Red Hat gold image on the CCSP. For details on gold images and how to access them on the CCSP, see the Red Hat Cloud Access Reference Guide |
| Deploy a custom image that you move to the CCSP | Use your existing Red Hat subscriptions | The subscriptions includes the Red Hat product cost and support for custom RHEL image, while you pay the CCSP for all other instance costs | Upload your custom image and attach your subscriptions |
| Deploy an existing RHEL based custom machine image | The custom machine images include a RHEL image | You pay the CCSP on an hourly basis based on a pay-as-you-go model. For this model, on-demand images are available on the CCSP marketplace. The CCSP provides support for these images, while Red Hat handles updates. The CCSP provides updates through the Red Hat Update Infrastructure (RHUI) | Select a RHEL image when you launch an instance on the CCSP cloud management console, or choose an image from the CCSP marketplace. |
To convert an on-demand, license-included EC2 instance to a bring-your-own-license (BYOL) EC2 instance of RHEL, see Convert a license type for Linux in License Manager.
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