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Was not FreeBSD already available as an image on Amazon?
by feylikurds 10y ago
Was not FreeBSD already available as an image on Amazon?
- MichaelBurge 10y agoIt says: Available on AWS Marketplace Since: 06/06/2014 Maybe it's a new version?
- cperciva 10y ago10.3-RELEASE is a new version, yes. (It was released last week, but it took a week to get the new version into the AWS Marketplace. I'm still working out the kinks in the process.) The "since 06/06/2014" is for FreeBSD 10; there's a separate Marketplace listing for FreeBSD 9, which shows "Available on AWS Marketplace Since: 11/20/2012": https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00AA25MLK https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00AA25MLK
- ivl 10y agoCorrect. New version, as 10.3 only came out in the last couple weeks.
- superflit 10y agoYes. But having it on the MarketPlace make it easier to find and more "Business" friendly. Before you had to check a list of amis on Percival site's select the right one at your region. So it was not so friendly. Thanks to Percival for this! It is a huge step in making FreeBSD more friendly for beginners.
- yeukhon 10y agoSo why hasn't this made into an official support AMI by AWS?
- loeg 10y agoRelatively low interest compared to Linux, Windows.
- cperciva 10y agoWhat does "official support" mean? Serious question. I've never found anyone able to say exactly what it means for AWS to "support" a platform.
- yeukhon 10y agoI was looking at the main AMI list when you launch an EC2 instances. I am not sure if they are actually created and maintained by AWS, but at leas they show up on the main page makes me think they are "official."
- akerro 10y agoSome BSD distributions were available under "Other Linuxes" :)