Move Amazon EC2 AMIs between regions via web-interface?

Question

Any easy way to move and custom AMI image between regions? (tokyo -> singapore)

I know you can mess up with API and S3 to get it done, but there there any easier way

Answer 1

The following assumes your AWS Console utilities are installed in /opt/aws/bin/, JAVA_HOME=/usr and you are running i386 architecture, otherwise replace with x86_64.

1) Run a live snapshot, where you believe your image can fit in 1.5GB and you have that to spare in /mnt (check running df)

/opt/aws/bin/ec2-bundle-vol -d /mnt -k /home/ec2-user/.ec2/pk-XXX.pem -c /home/ec2-user/.ec2/cert-XXX.pem -u 123456789 -r i386 -s 1500

2) Upload to current region's S3 bucket

/opt/aws/bin/ec2-upload-bundle -b S3_BUCKET -m /mnt/image.manifest.xml -a abcxyz -s SUPERSECRET

3) Transfer the image to EU S3 bucket

/opt/aws/bin/ec2-migrate-image -K /home/ec2-user/.ec2/pk-XXX.pem -C /home/ec2-user/.ec2/cert-XXX.pem -o abcxyz -w SUPERSECRET --bucket S3_BUCKET_US --destination-bucket S3_BUCKET_EU --manifest image.manifest.xml --location EU

4) Register your AMI so you can fire up the instance in Ireland

/opt/aws/bin/ec2-register –K /home/ec2-user/.ec2/pk-XXX.pem –C /home/ec2-user/.ec2/cert-XXX.pem http://s3.amazonaws.com:80/S3_BUCKET/image.manifest.xml --region eu-west-1 -name DEVICENAME -a i386 --kernel aki-xxx