Can on-demand RHEL instances be converted to BYOL without changing AMIs?

Question

Can on-demand RHEL instances be converted to BYOL without using the AMI that shared from Red Hat? My customer runs on-demand instances in their environment and would like to move to a BYOL enterprise license without having to redeploy every RHEL server.

Accepted Answer

No, paid Linux versus free Linux is part of the product code of the AMI that the instance was launched from. In the case of Windows, in order to launch a BYOL instance, it requires the customer to bring their own media (i.e. VM Import of a gold image).

For RHEL images where customers purchase licenses directly from Red Hat, it is possible to get the base BYOL images from Red Hat (see FAQ).

For RHEL images where customers purchase licenses directly from Red Hat, it is possible to get the base BYOL images from Red Hat (see [FAQ][1]).

[1]: https://aws.amazon.com/partners/redhat/faqs/

Answer

Can a reserved instance use BYOL? If yes, shall the customer create his own AMI ?

Can on-demand RHEL instances be converted to BYOL without changing AMIs?

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