What is EC2 AMI in AWS?
What is EC2 AMI in AWS? An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a master image for the creation of virtual servers -- known as EC2 instances -- in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment. The machine images are like templates that are configured with an operating system and other software that determine the user's operating environment. What is the difference between EC2 and AMI? EBS Volume is the underlying disk behind EC2. Snapshot is a point in time backup of specific volume while AMI is is backup of the entire EC2 instance that might have multiple attached volumes, exactly like...