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- Hi, I am Zwivhuya, a cloud support associate
here in the AWS office in Cape Town.
Today, I'm going to show you how to create a workspace image
in Amazon WorkSpaces.
This image can then be used to
launch multiple, identical WorkSpaces for multiple users.
It's important to remember that the workspace image feature
is not intended for picking up individual workspaces.
The purpose of this feature,
is to create a standard operating environment.
So, let me walk you though the process
of creating a workspace image.
After signing into the AWS management console,
search for WorkSpaces and choose it.
Now launch your WorkSpaces from our built-in bundles
by selecting launch WorkSpaces.
This WorkSpace can take up to 20 minutes to create
so I've already created our WorkSpaces for this demo.
Now, connect to the WorkSpace
that you want to create the image from
by using the WorkSpace client.
After you've connected, configure the WorkSpace as desired.
I chose to install Amazon Chime.
As you can see, Amazon Chime has been installed.
Then, I will disconnect from the WorkSpaces.
Before creating a WorkSpace image,
be sure to review the requirements
for a successful image creation.
Next, I'll return to the WorkSpace console
and find the workspace that I launched and customized
and then select it.
Note, that it is best practice to reboot the WorkSpace
through the WorkSpace console before creating the image.
This helps to make sure that there are no hung service
and also that Windows is up to date
with the latest pages.
To demonstrate this, I'll choose actions.
Then, reboot WorkSpaces and then confirm reboot WorkSpaces.
This can take a few minutes
and I'll wait for the status to change available again.
You can check the status change by refreshing the page.
After the WorkSpace is available, select it.
Choose actions, create image,
and then click next.
Now, fill in the name and description.
I'll choose create image
and then wait for the image creation process to finish.
Note that this can take up to 45 minutes.
A WorkSpace bundle is made up of the software image
and the hardware profile.
You can create multiple bundles with the same image
but with a different hardware specifications.
I can check the WorkSpace image tab
to see whether my image is ready.
The status of the WorkSpaces changes to available
when the image is ready.
I'll refresh
and as you can see, the image is now available.
When the image is ready,
I can create a bundle from it, by selecting the image
and then choosing create bundle from the actions menu.
I simply fill in the name and description
and then choose the bundle type and the volume size.
When the bundle is ready,
I can launch WorkSpaces for my users.
To do this, I'll select WorkSpaces
and then launch WorkSpaces,
choose my directory and then select next step.
Select a user in the directory.
Choose add selected,
then choose next step.
Choose the bundle you created
and then select next step.
Choose running mode and then select next step
and then launch WorkSpaces.
The WorkSpaces will be launched.
Thanks for watching and happy cloud computing
from all of us here at AWS.
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