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Maybe "release" isn't the correct term. Ubuntu publishes new AMIs with the latest security patches quite regularly. When I spin up a new instance on say 14.04 I

by helper 11y ago

Maybe "release" isn't the correct term. Ubuntu publishes new AMIs with the latest security patches quite regularly. When I spin up a new instance on say 14.04 I want it to boot with a fully patched kernel.

takeda 11y ago
IIRC The EC2 FreeBSD applies all new security patches and reboots (if there were any) on first start.
- cperciva 11y ago
  Correct. (This behaviour can be disabled via EC2 user-data.)