Arch Linux AMIs for Amazon Web Services

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Public community Arch AMIs

Note: Arch Linux currently does not offer official AMIs. The AMIs listed here are created by the community.

AMI Images from Uplink Labs

Uplink Labs creates new images approximately twice a month. Images are being built for a number of regions, and cover the following configurations:

ebs hvm x86_64 lts
s3 hvm x86_64 lts
ebs hvm x86_64 stable
s3 hvm x86_64 stable

AMI links and more information are available at https://www.uplinklabs.net/projects/arch-linux-on-ec2/ .

Building Arch AMIs

You can also build your own Arch Linux AMI. Here are some guides:

linux-ec2^AUR in AUR compiles the Arch linux kernel for AWS with Xen modules enabled and the XSAVE patch applied. Note that at least some instance types will also work with the stock Arch Linux kernel.
Aforementioned Uplink Labs webpage also has a manual on the build process.
Another tutorial on building your own AMIs can be found at https://gitlab.com/bitfehler/archlinux-ec2
Mathcom publishes a detailed guide that uses only core Arch tools, at http://mathcom.com/arch.aws.ami.html