Bamboo 4.2 : Viewing an elastic image

An elastic image is an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that is stored in one of Amazon data centres for use with the Elastic Bamboo feature. An elastic image is used to create elastic instances, which in turn create elastic agents. Conceptually, an elastic image is equivalent to an operating system running on a computer's boot hard drive and elastic instances would be the software that runs on this operation system.

Each elastic image registered with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) has its own unique identifier, known as an AMI ID.

You can associate multiple elastic images with a Bamboo server. One default shared image is maintained by Atlassian in AWS, and is available to all Elastic Bamboo users. You also create your own custom elastic images.

An image is similar to an agent, hence the 'Image' page closely resembles the 'Agent' page. A number of functions available for agents are also available for images.

To view an image:

  1. Click Administration in the top menu bar.
  2. Click Image Configurations in the left navigation panel (under 'Elastic Bamboo').
  3. Click the name, or View, for the image that you want to view.

    NameThe name of the image.
    AMI IDThe Amazon Machine Image identifier that uniquely identifies the image.
    EBS Snapshot IDThe ID of the EBS Snapshot that you have associated with this image. See Configuring elastic instances to use the EBS and Managing your elastic image configurations for more information on how to use EBS with Elastic Bamboo.
    Instance TypeThe instance type of new instances started from this image. Read more about Amazon instance types.
    Availability Zone PreferenceNew instances started from this image will be run in the Amazon availability zone named here.
    Active InstancesThe number of currently active instances that were started from this image.

Screenshot: Elastic Bamboo image configuration

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