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Jeevan Dongre
Asked: 2011-03-25 00:34:49 +0800 CST

Setting up ec2 instance of ubuntu 10.04

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I need to set up an ubuntu 10.04 instance on ec2, but there are some instance ready available I tried with few but I am not really happy with that since those are meant for test puporse.

I have to deploy a java/j2ee based web app with mysql. 1)need to install tomcat 2)java runtime 6 3) apache web server

What would be the best image to use for my requirement and I initially planning to launch with the micro instance if my web app demands I may further move to small and larger instances. So it should be eligible for free usuage tier.

amazon-ec2 amazon-web-services

2 Answers

  1. This site has the AMI codes for the official Canonical Ubuntu AMI's.
    Where I work, we're using one of those on a micro instance, in the free usage tier.

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  2. Best Answer

    One thing to note with the Micro instances, I found they can be prone to crashing when installing the Sun JDK 6 due to resource limitations. The workaround for that is to setup the image on a larger instance size and when finished make a snapshot and run up that snapshot on the micro.

    Note that only the 64 bit Ubuntu images run on the micro instances, so make sure you pick a 64-bit Ubuntu image if a micro instance is your target size.

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