DevOps

EC2 Image Builder in Action: From AMI Creation to Cross-Account Sharing

Introduction EC2 Image Builder is an AWS service that automates creating, updating, and deploying your Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). EC2 Image Builder creates a pipeline for Linux or Windows Server images for use with Amazon EC2. The pipeline manages all stages, including image creation, maintenance, validation, sharing, and...

by Kushagra Bansal
Tag: EC2ImageBuilder
05-Sep-2025

DevOps

Packer Alternative: Migrating to AWS EC2 Image Builder for Automated AMI Pipelines

Introduction HashiCorp Packer is one of the most popular open-source machine image builders. It helps engineers define infrastructure as code, installing software and layering security updates into AWS Machine Images, or AMIs. Packer is focused on image building. It has no capabilities around testing, scheduling, AWS notifications, or...

by Kushagra Bansal
Tag: EC2ImageBuilder
02-Sep-2025