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AMIs are archival copies of instances that you can use to launch other instances. You can use custom AMIs in multiple scenarios based on your specific use case.



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###  How do I create a custom AMI?



For information on creating a custom AMI, see the following:


* [Create a custom Windows AMI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/Creating_EBSbacked_WinAMI.html)
* [Create an AMI (Linux)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/create-ami.html)
* [How do I create an AMI that's based on my Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)-backed EC2 instance?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/create-ami-ebs-backed)
* [How to create a custom AMI with encrypted Amazon EBS snapshots and share it with other accounts and Regions](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-create-a-custom-ami-with-encrypted-amazon-ebs-snapshots-and-share-it-with-other-accounts-and-regions/)
* [How can I use Sysprep to create and install custom reusable Windows AMIs?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/sysprep-create-install-ec2-windows-amis)



###  How do I launch an instance from a custom AMI?



For more information, see [How do I launch an EC2 instance from a custom Amazon Machine Image (AMI)?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/launch-instance-custom-ami)



###  How do I share a custom AMI?



For information on sharing a custom AMI, see the following:


* [How do I create and copy an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from one AWS Region to another?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/copy-ami-region)
* [How do I share an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) privately with another AWS account?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/share-ami-account)
* [How do I transfer an Amazon EC2 instance or AMI to a different AWS Account?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/account-transfer-ec2-instance)
* [How to share encrypted AMIs across accounts to launch encrypted EC2 instances](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-share-encrypted-amis-across-accounts-to-launch-encrypted-ec2-instances/)
* [How do I use VM Import/Export to export a VM based on my Amazon Machine Image (AMI)?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ec2-export-vm-using-import-export)



###  How do I troubleshoot AMIs?



For information on troubleshooting AMIs, see the following:


* [Why can't I connect to my Amazon EC2 Windows instance that was launched from a custom AMI?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ec2-windows-password-not-available-error)
* [Why is my EC2 AMI or EBS snapshot creation slow?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ebs-snapshot-ec2-ami-creation-slow)
* [Why can’t I launch EC2 instances from my copied AMI?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ec2-instance-launch-copied-ami)
* [How can I recover an accidentally deleted AMI?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/recover-ami-accidentally-deleted-ec2)
* [Why are some instance types disabled when I'm trying to launch an EC2 instance from an AMI?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ec2-instance-types-disabled-at-launch)
* [What can I do when the AMI that my EC2 instance uses is no longer public or when I see the error "Cannot load details for ami-xxxxxx. You may not be permitted to view it."?](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ec2-ami-error-not-public)





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[AWS Windows AMIs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/windows-ami-version-history.html)


[Amazon Machine Images (AMI)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html)Linux







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