pcluster createami - AWS ParallelCluster
Required dependenciesNamed arguments

pcluster createami

(Linux/macOS) Creates a custom AMI to use with AWS ParallelCluster.

pcluster createami [ -h ] -ai BASE_AMI_ID -os BASE_AMI_OS
                   [ -i INSTANCE_TYPE ] [ -ap CUSTOM_AMI_NAME_PREFIX ]
                   [ -cc CUSTOM_AMI_COOKBOOK ] [--no-public-ip]
                   [ -post-install POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT ]
                   [ -c CONFIG_FILE ] [-t CLUSTER_TEMPLATE]
                   [--vpc-id VPC_ID] [--subnet-id SUBNET_ID]
                   [ -r REGION ]

Required dependencies

In addition to the AWS ParallelCluster CLI, the following dependency is required to run pcluster createami:

Note

Before AWS ParallelCluster version 2.8.0, Berkshelf (installed using gem install berkshelf) was required to use pcluster createami.

Named arguments

-h, --help

Shows the help text for pcluster createami.

-ai BASE_AMI_ID, --ami-id BASE_AMI_ID

Specifies the base AMI to use for building the AWS ParallelCluster AMI.

-os BASE_AMI_OS, --os BASE_AMI_OS

Specifies the OS of the base AMI. Valid options are: alinux2, ubuntu1804, ubuntu2004, and centos7.

Note

OS support changes in different AWS ParallelCluster versions:

  • Support for centos8 was removed in AWS ParallelCluster version 2.10.4.

  • Support for centos8 was added, and support for centos6 was removed in AWS ParallelCluster version 2.10.0.

  • Support for alinux2 was added in AWS ParallelCluster version 2.6.0.

  • Support for ubuntu1804 was added in AWS ParallelCluster version 2.5.0.

-i INSTANCE_TYPE, --instance-type INSTANCE_TYPE

Specifies the instance type to use to create the AMI.

Defaults to t2.xlarge.

Note

Support for the --instance-type argument was added in AWS ParallelCluster version 2.4.1.

-ap CUSTOM_AMI_NAME_PREFIX, --ami-name-prefix CUSTOM_AMI_NAME_PREFIX

Specifies the prefix name of the resulting AWS ParallelCluster AMI.

Defaults to custom-ami-.

-cc CUSTOM_AMI_COOKBOOK, --custom-cookbook CUSTOM_AMI_COOKBOOK

Specifies the cookbook to use to build the AWS ParallelCluster AMI.

--post-install POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT

Specifies the path to the post-install script. Paths must use a s3://, https://, or file:// URL scheme. Examples include the following:

  • https://bucket-name.s3.region.amazonaws.com/path/post_install.sh

  • s3://bucket-name/post_install.sh

  • file:///opt/project/post_install.sh

Note

Support for the --post-install argument was added in AWS ParallelCluster version 2.10.0.

--no-public-ip

Do not associate a public IP address to the instance used to create the AMI. By default, a public IP address is associated with the instance.

Note

Support for the --no-public-ip argument was added in AWS ParallelCluster version 2.5.0.

-c CONFIG_FILE, --config CONFIG_FILE

Specifies the alternative configuration file to use.

Defaults to ~/.parallelcluster/config.

-t CLUSTER_TEMPLATE, --cluster-template CLUSTER_TEMPLATE

Specifies the [cluster] section of the CONFIG_FILE to use to retrieve the VPC and subnet settings.

Note

Support for the --cluster-template argument was added in AWS ParallelCluster version 2.4.0.

--vpc-id VPC_ID

Specifies the ID of the VPC to use to build the AWS ParallelCluster AMI.

Note

Support for the --vpc-id argument was added in AWS ParallelCluster version 2.5.0.

--subnet-id SUBNET_ID

Specifies the ID of the subnet to use to build the AWS ParallelCluster AMI.

Note

Support for the --vpc-id argument was added in AWS ParallelCluster version 2.5.0.

-r REGION, --region REGION

Specifies the AWS Region to use. Defaults to the AWS Region specified by using the pcluster configure command.