How do I identify an official Red Hat Enterprise Linux AMI on Amazon EC2 ?

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Environment

  • Amazon EC2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Issue

  • When creating an Amazon EC2 instance, how can I find the AMIs that are certified by Red Hat ?

Resolution

  • The easiest way to identify certified Red Hat Enterprise Linux AMIs is by searching for the following account string that they are released under:
309956199498
  • By searching for this value in the AMI catalog, all the Red Hat supported AMIs can be listed.

Root Cause

  • The AMI catalog includes both official releases and community-made AMIs. In order to create an EC2 instance that can be supported by Red Hat, it is necessary for the AMI to be a certified release.

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