Instance store don't use EBS at all. An EBS AMI references a EBS snapshot which is used to boot the instance. AMI's for instance store backed instances does instead store a image of the root disk in S3 (a bundle), this image is encrypted with your key for security reasons.
See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/creating-an-ami-instance-store.html On 24 November 2016 at 10:41, Matt Black <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > I haven't used the instance-store builder before - or indeed any > instance-store backed EC2. > > Could someone enlighten me as to why we need an S3 bucket and x509 certs > for this builder? Why not just store the AMI on EC2 like with EBS-backed > images? > > Cheers > Matt > > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in > violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing > list. > > GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues > IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Packer" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/packer-tool/CAEuGOZx3x23e4Xv4pCETb08RYj5AuEURZ4VgUXVxG%2BoTMXcyCQ% > 40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CAEuGOZx3x23e4Xv4pCETb08RYj5AuEURZ4VgUXVxG%2BoTMXcyCQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Packer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt8tRobUWxNak1oDEDpRcM-B5Kf6evddVvCLrT9mfzijUw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
