From e4985ae6f6b3c4e801e957332f99382909a5947b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DanHam Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 20:55:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Set to use a basic Windows source AMI that qualifies for free tier usage --- .../intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md b/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md index 738dd907d..943f81572 100644 --- a/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md +++ b/website/source/intro/getting-started/build-image.html.md @@ -319,11 +319,17 @@ amazon-ebs output will be in this color. ### A Windows Example -Note that this uses a larger instance. You will be charged for it. Also keep -in mind that using windows AMIs incurs a fee that you don't get when you use -linux AMIs. +As with the Linux example above, should you decide to follow along and +build an AMI from the example template, provided you qualify for free tier +usage, you should not be charged for actually building the AMI. +However, please note that you will be charged for storage of the snapshot +associated with any AMI that you create. +If you wish to avoid further charges, follow the steps in the [Managing the +Image](/intro/getting-started/build-image.html#managing-the-image) section +above to deregister the created AMI and delete the associated snapshot once +you're done. -You'll need to have a boostrapping file to enable ssh or winrm; here's a basic +You'll need to have a bootstrapping file to enable ssh or winrm; here's a basic example of that file. ```powershell @@ -398,11 +404,11 @@ windows in addition to the powershell and windows-restart provisioners: "access_key": "{{ user `aws_access_key` }}", "secret_key": "{{ user `aws_secret_key` }}", "region": "us-east-1", - "instance_type": "m3.medium", + "instance_type": "t2.micro", "source_ami_filter": { "filters": { "virtualization-type": "hvm", - "name": "*WindowsServer2012R2*", + "name": "*Windows_Server-2012-R2*English-64Bit-Base*", "root-device-type": "ebs" }, "most_recent": true,