From 47b72698919d6ce69aa693956ad21c926e097c39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dongsu Park Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 16:02:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] installing/cloud: add note against installation using AWS VMDK image Add note about not recommending installation using AWS VMDK image, due to intermittent AWS AMI corruption issues. --- docs/installing/cloud/aws-ec2.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/installing/cloud/aws-ec2.md b/docs/installing/cloud/aws-ec2.md index 7e4633ab..058e1ab9 100644 --- a/docs/installing/cloud/aws-ec2.md +++ b/docs/installing/cloud/aws-ec2.md @@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ We will be launching three instances, with a few parameters in the User Data, an ## Installation from a VMDK image +Note: it is not recommened to install from a VMDK image, due to intermittent AMI corruptions. Please consider using a raw image `flatcar_production_ami_image.bin.bz2` instead. + One of the possible ways of installation is to import the generated VMDK Flatcar image as a snapshot. The image file will be in `https://${CHANNEL}.release.flatcar-linux.net/${ARCH}-usr/${VERSION}/flatcar_production_ami_vmdk_image.vmdk.bz2`. Make sure you download the signature (it's available in `https://${CHANNEL}.release.flatcar-linux.net/${ARCH}-usr/${VERSION}/flatcar_production_ami_vmdk_image.vmdk.bz2.sig`) and check it before proceeding.