If you are a Linux user in Amazon EC2, this is a session you want to attend. Join us for a discussion related to the Amazon Linux Amazon Machine Image (AMI). Leave the session with an understanding of why the Amazon Linux AMI exists, how its packages and repositories are composed, and information about its rolling release cycle and security updates. Additionally, we discuss the niche that the Amazon Linux AMI fills in the larger Linux-in-EC2 space. Come with your questions, feedback, and requests related to the Amazon Linux AMI.

4. http://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/

6. http://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/security-bulletins/

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https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/2012.09-release-notes/
There are 3 security update(s) out of 29 total update(s) available
Run "sudo yum update" to apply all updates.
[ec2-user@ip-10-218-19-117 ~]$ sudo yum updateinfo list
ALAS-2012-134 medium/Sec. libxml2-2.7.8-9.22.amzn1.x86_64
ALAS-2012-139 medium/Sec. ruby-1.8.7.371-1.20.amzn1.x86_64
ALAS-2012-139 medium/Sec. ruby-libs-1.8.7.371-1.20.amzn1.x86_64
updateinfo list done
[ec2-user@ip-10-218-19-117 ~]$ rpm -qa –last
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-53.1.11.5.47.amzn1.x86_64 Fri 16 Nov 2012 05:07:50 PM UTC
bind-utils-9.8.2-0.10.rc1.25.amzn1.x86_64 Fri 16 Nov 2012 05:07:46 PM UTC
bind-libs-9.8.2-0.10.rc1.25.amzn1.x86_64 Fri 16 Nov 2012 05:07:46 PM UTC
gpg-pubkey-21c0f39f-4e41dbdc Mon 08 Oct 2012 05:10:29 PM UTC
libaio-0.3.107-10.7.amzn1.i686 Mon 08 Oct 2012 05:10:18 PM UTC

8. cloud-init user data example
#cloud-config
repo_releasever: 2012.09
repo_upgrade: all
packages:
- httpd
- mysql-server
- php
runcmd:
- [chkconfig, httpd, on]
- [service, httpd, start]

12. http://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/2012.09-packages/

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