Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper Base Install

A clean, base install of Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper, built by Eric Hammond as part of the Alestic.com series [update 2008-11-30]

Pick the Right Release

For a complete list of the Ubuntu AMIs available in this series, please see the following web page:

http://alestic.com

Selecting the correct Ubuntu AMI image for your needs will improve your EC2 experience.

Description

This AMI is a clean, base install of Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper, built by Eric Hammond. This 32-bit AMI is for running on the 32-bit instance sizes including: m1.small, c1.medium

This AMI is ready to run or to install further software of your choosing and rebundle for a more advanced AMI. This is a base install with pretty much the packages that would be installed from an Ubuntu server CD base install (no web server, no database, no email server). Additional packages can easily be added using apt-get or aptitude.

Features

Features include:

• Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper with upgraded packages (as of 2008-11-30)
• Amazon EC2 AMI tools (1.3-26357 20071010) installed and patched for Ubuntu
• Uses Amazon's newer 2.6.21 kernel (2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen)

• Includes 2.6.21 kernel modules

• openssh-server installed
• On first boot, runs instance user-data script if it starts with #!
• Generate new ssh host keys on first boot and output fingerprints
• ca-certificates installed to support SSL in ec2-bundle-upload
• /etc/apt/sources.list for dapper main restricted universe multiverse
• /etc/event.d/tty[2-6] removed to avoid error messages in logs
• Shadow passwords enabled
• root password locked
• 3GB root (/) partition
• Network: DHCP on eth0, loopback on lo, simple /etc/hosts with localhost
• root ssh public key creditials retrieved from instance parameters or ephemeral store on startup (standard Amazon EC2 ssh access for public AMIs)
• Added "UseDNS no" to /etc/ssh/sshd_config as recommended by http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2007-03-01/DeveloperGuide/public-ami-guidelines.html
• Comment appended to /etc/motd using /etc/rc.local
• Locale en_US, Timezone UTC

Support

If you use or are thinking of using this AMI, please subscribe to the ec2ubuntu Google Group where you will find out about updates to the Ubuntu AMIs and tips for running Ubuntu on Amazon EC2.

To subscribe, send an email mesage to ec2ubuntu-subscribe@googlegroups.com

Support is also available through the above forum with a growing number of folks in the community using Ubuntu on EC2 (and a good core of folks willing to answer questions).

Build Process

Advanced users may consult the following page for information on how this AMI was built and to get instructions for building their own.

http://alestic.com

History

ami-5570943c - alestic/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-20081130.manifest.xml

• New --arch option from patch by Don Spaulding II
• Upgrade EC2 AMI tools to 1.3-26357 20071010
• The old 2.6.16 kernel modules are no longer bundled with the image.
• All packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-11d73378 - alestic/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-20080924.manifest.xml

• bugfix: Mounts /mnt as ephemeral storage with /etc/fstab
• All packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-24d4304d - alestic/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-20080922.manifest.xml

• DEFECT: This AMI is missing /etc/fstab and does not mount /mnt as ephemeral storage!
• bugfix: Only generate ssh host keys on first boot, not on every reboot.
• All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-ccfa1ea5 - alestic/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-20080905.manifest.xml

• Upgrade to use Amazon FC8 2.6.21 kernel
• All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-f69e7a9f - alestic/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-20080804.manifest.xml

• Build using latest debootstrap v1.0.10
• Output new ssh host key fingerprints to console log for security.
• Use newly built kernel modules where fuse supports NFS export.

ami-37bc585e - alestic/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-20080628.manifest.xml

• Change default timezone to UTC
• Increase default root partition size to 10GB
• All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions

ami-3357b25a - alestic/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-20080517.manifest.xml

• Support instance user-data boot hook scripts.
• All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions (release candidate)

ami-3d48ad54 - alestic/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-20080514.manifest.xml

• Create new ssh host keys on first boot.
• Don't try to set the CMOS hwclock under Xen and save 4 seconds on boot.
• Don't try to run apparmor as we don't have the kernel module installed yet.
• Silence grep warnings about missing authorized_keys.
• All Ubuntu packages upgraded to latest versions (release candidate)

ami-9f6e8bf6 - alestic/ubuntu-6.06-dapper-base-20080403.manifest.xml

• Original release