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diff --git a/getting_started.md b/getting_started.md index b7fbd57cd..2911aecf3 100644 --- a/getting_started.md +++ b/getting_started.md @@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ operating system, though any sort of Linux should do. Rackspace offer suitable cloud servers, which start out at around $25 / month. Then your tech person should follow the [installation documentation]({{ site.baseurl }}installing). -Alternatively, you could use Amazon Web Services. If you've not used them -before, you can get a free "micro" instance for twelve months. This has the +Alternatively, you could use Amazon Web Services. This has the added advantage that you can use our preconfigured [Alaveteli EC2 AMI]({{ site.baseurl }}installing/ami) to get you started almost instantly. However, it's more expensive than Rackspace, diff --git a/installing/ami.md b/installing/ami.md index 47dd95565..e2c113eba 100644 --- a/installing/ami.md +++ b/installing/ami.md @@ -19,16 +19,15 @@ server on an Amazon EC2 instance. This creates an instance that runs in development mode, so we wouldn't recommend you use it for a production system without changing the configuration. -If you haven't used Amazon Web Services before, then you can get a Micro -instance which will be [free for a year](http://aws.amazon.com/free/). You will -find that a micro instance isn't powerful enough for anything other very basic -testing of Alaveteli, however. +Unfortunately, Alaveteli will not run properly on a free Micro +instance due to the low amount of memory available on those +instances; you will need to use at least a Small instance, which +Amazon will charge for. -The AMI can be found in the EU West (Ireland) region, with the ID ami-0f24c678 -and name “Basic Alaveteli installation 2013-10-31”. You can launch an instance +The AMI can be found in the EU West (Ireland) region, with the ID ami-8603f4f1 +and name “Basic Alaveteli installation 2014-01-29”. You can launch an instance based on that AMI with [this -link](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=eu-west-1#launchAmi=ami-0f2 -4c678). +link](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=eu-west-1#launchAmi=ami-8603f4f1). When you create an EC2 instance based on that AMI, make sure that you choose Security Groups that allows at least inbound HTTP, HTTPS, SSH and, if you want |