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Create an Image Using a Custom AWS Systems Manager Automation Document

In this lab, you’ll practice the creation and modification of Systems Manager Automation Documents. When you’re finished with this lab, you’ll have a custom automation for creating EC2 AMIs (Amazon Machine Images).

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Labs - Create an Image Using a Custom AWS Systems Manager Automation Document

Lab info

Level
Beginner
Duration
30m
Released
Feb 22, 2021

Lab author

Lab Author: Lane Stevens
Lane Stevens
Lane Stevens is Vice President and CTO at Mobilsense Technologies. He is an IT veteran with over 30 years of experience and has an in-depth background in telecommunications billing, provisioning systems, decision support, and OLTP applications. Current interests include IaC (Infrastructure as Code), data modeling, and database schema life-cycle management. Lane attended the University of Utah with bachelor's and master’s degrees in computer science. He and his family live in Alpine Utah, and he... more enjoys mountain biking on the many trails near his home.
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Challenge

Copy AWS-CreateImage Automation Document to a Custom Document

You will use the AWS Console to create a custom Systems Manager Automation document. This will be a copy of the AWS-CreateImage document, and will create an AMI from EC2 instances. You will save the source locally to edit in subsequent challenges.

Challenge

Create an AMI Using a Custom Automation Document

You will use the custom Automation document that you created in the previous challenge to create an AMI of an EC2 instance.

Challenge

Modify the Custom Document to Determine Tag Values of the EC2 Instance

You will edit the custom document to get the value of the Name and Environment tags of the EC2 instance. This will execute DescribeTags through the AWS API.

Challenge

View Automation Execution Outputs

You will execute the Automation document you have modified, and will view the two additional output values you have added to the document.

Challenge

Change the Name of the AMI That Is Created by a Custom Automation Document

You will edit your CustomCreateImage document, and revise the name of the AMI that is created by the Automation document.

Challenge

Add EC2 Instance Tags to the AMI Created by a Custom Automation Document

You will modify your custom Automation document to propagate the tags from the EC2 instance onto the newly created AMI.

Challenge

Verify Modifications to Custom Automation Document

You will execute the final version of your automation document, and view the AMI that is created to verify that the AMI name is correct, and that the correct tags have been added.

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