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| # Using LinuxKit on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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| This is a quick guide to run LinuxKit on AWS.
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| ## Setup
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| Before you proceed it's recommended that you set up the [AWS CLI](https://aws.amazon.com/cli/)
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| and perform an `aws configure`
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| If you do not wish to install these tools you should ensure that you set the AWS [environment variables](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-environment.html)
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| You will need to create an Amazon S3 Storage Bucket for your LinuxKit images and create a VM Import Service Role.
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| Instructions on how to do this can be found [here](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmimport-image-import.html#w2ab1c10c15b7).
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| Finally, you must set the `AWS_REGION` environment variable as this is used by the AWS Go SDK.
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| ```
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| export AWS_REGION=eu-west-1
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Build an image
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| AWS requires a `RAW` image. To create one:
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| ```
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| $ moby build -format raw examples/aws.yml
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Push image
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| Do `linuxkit push aws -bucket bucketname aws.raw` to upload it to the
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| specified bucket, and create a bootable image from the stored image.
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| Alternatively, you can use the `AWS_BUCKET` environment variable to specify the bucket name.
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| 
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| **Note:** If the push times out before it finishes, you can use the `-timeout` flag to extend the timeout.
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| 
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| ```
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| linuxkit push aws -bucket bucketname -timeout 1200 aws.raw
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Create an instance and connect to it
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| 
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| With the image created, we can now create an instance.
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| You won't be able to see the serial console output until after it has terminated.
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| 
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| ```
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| linuxkit run aws aws
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| ```
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| 
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| You can edit the AWS example to allow you to SSH to your instance in order to use it.
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