Installing AMIs

You can install Service Workbench either by creating and configuring an EC2 instance or by creating a Cloud9 instance. This section describes the steps to install Service Workbench by using either of the two options.

Installing AMIs for EC2 Workspace

In order to use EC2-based Workspaces, you must first install EC2 AMIs for these Workspaces.

1. Build AMIs for EC2-based workspaces. This takes up to 15 minutes and may run in parallel with the main install script.

   • Install packer from the root of your home directory, refer Installing Packer:
   • Change to the directory containing the machine image source and build the AMIs. Ensure that the environment variable STAGE_NAME has been set before running this command.

2. Verify that the AMIs have been created. In the Service Workbench /main/solutions/machine-images directory:

   pnpx sls build-image -s ${STAGE_NAME}

In the Amazon EC2 service console, select AMI in the left-hand navigation. You should see AMIs for EC2-LINUX, EC2-RSTUDIO, EC2-WINDOWS, and Amazon EMR.

note

Because Hongkong region do not support t2 instance type, please follow this guide to generate Windows AMI in Hongkong region.

Warning: Each AMI build results in a new set of AMIs.