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AMI is a pre-configured template used to create and launch virtual servers (EC2 instances) in AWS.

It includes anoperating system, utility software, and necessary configurations like storage and permissions.

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This makes scaling and managingcloud infrastructuremore efficient.

AMIs can be public, or private, and once generated, come with a unique identifier.

Public ones can even be found in the AWS catalog.

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