AWS Cloud Formation template to create an Image of an EC2 Instance?

Question

Is it possible to create an AMI to Image on an EC2 instance from a Cloud Formation Template?

I have searched for all the resource types for AWS Cloud Formation but couldn't find one for AMI.

Answer 1

No it is not possible.

Technical Speaking Bundling Image is a process and Not a resource

Creation of AMI would be achieved by a process called as AMI Bundling [ec2-bundle-image] . Apparently using CloudFormation you can set up the infra ( AWS Components and align them in to a VPC etc.)

Below list of the EC2 based resources you do with CloudFormation.

• AWS::EC2::CustomerGateway
• AWS::EC2::DHCPOptions
• AWS::EC2::EIP
• AWS::EC2::EIPAssociation
• AWS::EC2::Instance
• AWS::EC2::InternetGateway
• AWS::EC2::NetworkAcl
• AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
• AWS::EC2::NetworkInterface
• AWS::EC2::NetworkInterfaceAttachment
• AWS::EC2::Route
• AWS::EC2::RouteTable
• AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
• AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupEgress
• AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupIngress
• AWS::EC2::Subnet
• AWS::EC2::SubnetNetworkAclAssociation
• AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation
• AWS::EC2::Volume
• AWS::EC2::VolumeAttachment
• AWS::EC2::VPC
• AWS::EC2::VPCDHCPOptionsAssociation
• AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment
• AWS::EC2::VPNConnection
• AWS::EC2::VPNConnectionRoute
• AWS::EC2::VPNGateway