Creating a master image
Once your RabbitMQ instance is customized, you can create a master image, that is, a personal AMI (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html), so you won't need to reinstall your software from scratch, in case you need more instances similar to the ones already running.
Getting ready
You need a RabbitMQ instance by following the Using RabbitMQ EC2 instances recipe.
How to do it…
This recipe is quite easy, but it's important for the next recipes. Perform the following steps for this recipe:
- Open the EC2 console.
- Select your RabbitMQ instance.
- From the Action menu, select the Create Image entry. It opens a form as shown in the following screenshot:
- Go to EC2 Console | Images | AMIs to check your image. After it's ...
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