# Application Mirror image (AMI)
#aws #cloud #compute #packer
AWS Provides a tool to recreate EC2 instances and install dependencies, applications, software and security updates, and configure customization quickly.
We can use Packer to create AMIs as well.
This can also be done by the help of User data scripts, Which uses scripts to run commands and do these tools.
Also automation and configuration tools could be utilized to perform some of the similar function of the AMIs.
- AWS CloudFormation • AWS OpsWorks • AWS Systems Manager • AWS Codepipeline, CodeDeploy etc. • Chef and Puppet • Jenkins