Add an AWS public image to Cloud Management

Add any AWS public image to Cloud Management to make the image selectable in an OS profile.

1. In the AWS console, select the EC2 service and then click IMAGES > AMIs.

   

2. Filter the list of images and then take note of the AMI Name and AMI ID values for the image of interest.
3. On the instance, enter cmdb_ci_os_template.list in the Filter navigator text box to open the Images [cmdb_ci_os_template] table and then click New.
4. On the Image form, enter the following values:

   Field	Value
   Object ID	AMI ID value from AWS.
   Name	Meaningful name that is based on the AMI Name value from AWS.
   Guest OS	Operating system.

5. On the Credentials field, click the magnifying glass and then click New on the Credentials page.
6. In the list, click Basic Auth Credentials.
7. On the Basic Auth Credentials form, enter a meaningful Name for the credential.
8. Enter a User name and Password to populate on for instances that are provisioned from this image.
   Note: If the name ec2-user or root does not work, check with your AMI provider.

   Table 1. Username guidelines

   Type	Name
   Amazon Linux	ec2-user
   RHEL	ec2-user or root
   Ubuntu	ubuntu or root
   Centos	centos
   Fedora	ec2-user
   SUSE	ec2-user or root

9. Click Submit to close the Basic Auth Credentials form.
10. Right-click in the header and click Save to save the current configuration of the new image record.
    In the Related Items list, you can see that the image is associated with the specified datacenter.
11. Click Update to make the public image selectable in an OS profile.