Ubuntu Images for EC2 Cluster Compute Nodes
Amazon announced a new instance type called "cluster compute", which utilises xen hvm. There have been many requests for Ubuntu images that would run on this instance type.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Robbie Williamson
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Scott Moser
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- None
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for natty
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
ubuntu-11.04-beta-1
- Started by
- Robbie Williamson
- Completed by
- Scott Moser
Whiteboard
Work Items:
[smoser] get ec2 tools and account acl from amazon for publishing hvm images: DONE
[jjohansen] get pv-on-hvm drivers into Ubuntu kernel (bug 676156): DONE
[smoser] modify ec2-image2ebs to support creating hvm volume: DONE
[smoser] modify ec2-publishing-
[smoser] remove hacks in ec2-image2ebs for xen_emul_
Other info:
* http://
* "Running the Xen PV drivers on an HVM instance is known as “PV on HVM.” You must use a guest kernel that includes these drivers. Fedora based distributions include them in default bare‐metal kernel builds. Ubuntu distributions do not."
