Using sample Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with AWS PCS
AWS provides sample AMIs that you can use as a
starting point for working with AWS PCS.
Sample AMIs are for demonstration purposes and are not recommended for production
workloads.
Find current AWS PCS sample AMIs
- AWS Management Console
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AWS PCS sample AMIs have the following naming convention:
aws-pcs-sample_ami-OS
-architecture
-schdeulder
-scheduler-major-version
To find AWS PCS sample AMIs
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Open the Amazon EC2 console.
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Navigate to AMIs.
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Choose Public images.
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In Find AMI by attribute or tag, search for an AMI using the
templated name.
Examples
Slurm 23.11 AMI supporting Graviton
aws-pcs-sample_ami-amzn2-arm64-slurm-23.11
Sample AMI for x86
instances
aws-pcs-sample_ami-amzn2-x86_64-slurm-23.11
If there are multiple AMIs, use the AMI with the most recent time stamp.
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Use the AMI ID when you create or update a compute node group.
- AWS CLI
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You can find the latest AWS PCS sample AMI with the commands that follow. Replace
region-code
with the AWS Region where you use AWS PCS, such
as us-east-1
.
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x86_64
aws ec2 describe-images --region region-code
--owners amazon 533267220047 654654292779 654654317195 975050324343 \
--filters 'Name=name,Values=aws-pcs-sample_ami-amzn2-x86_64-slurm-23.11*' \
'Name=state,Values=available' \
--query 'sort_by(Images, &CreationDate)[-1].[Name,ImageId]' --output text
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Arm64
aws ec2 describe-images --region region-code
--owners amazon 533267220047 654654292779 654654317195 975050324343 \
--filters 'Name=name,Values=aws-pcs-sample_ami-amzn2-arm64-slurm-23.11*' \
'Name=state,Values=available' \
--query 'sort_by(Images, &CreationDate)[-1].[Name,ImageId]' --output text
Use the AMI ID when you create or update a compute node group.
Learn more about AWS PCS sample AMIs
To view the contents, configuration details for current and previous releases of the
AWS PCS sample AMIs, see Release notes for AWS PCS sample AMIs.
Build your own AMIs compatible with AWS PCS
To learn how to build your own AMIs that work with AWS PCS,
see Custom Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for
AWS PCS.