cannot copy AMI

Hi,

According to AWS documentation, you cannot copy an image from the Marketplace, but you could launch an EC2 instance using the AWS Marketplace AMI and then create a new AMI.

The CopyImage action is not supported for copying an AWS Marketplace AMI that was shared from another account. Instead, if you want to copy an AWS Marketplace AMI in another account, you must do the following: share the AWS Marketplace AMI with the other account and then, in the other account, launch an EC2 instance using the AWS Marketplace AMI. You can then create an AMI from the instance using the CreateImage action. The new AMI retains all the AWS Marketplace codes. Note that this process also applies to any AMIs that were directly or indirectly derived from an AWS Marketplace AMI. For more information about creating an AMI from an instance, see Create an Amazon EBS-backed Linux AMI.