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title: Creating an AMI for ASE
description: Create an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for API Security Enforcer (ASE).
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# Creating an AMI for ASE

Create an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for API Security Enforcer (ASE).

## Steps

1. Create an RHEL 7.6 or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS EC2 instance.

2. Install the Amazon Web Services (AWS) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
   \<p>An Amazon subsidiary providing cloud computing platforms.\</p>
   \</div>)* command-line interface (CLI):

   1. Install Python 2.7.

   2. Run the following command:

      ```
      sudo curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip" -o "awscli-bundle.zip"
      ```

   3. Extract the CLI bundle:

      ```
      sudo unzip awscli-bundle.zip
      ```

   4. Install the CLI:

      ```
      sudo ./awscli-bundle/install -i /usr/local/aws -b /usr/bin/aws
      ```

3. Download the ASE AWS binary. After downloading the file, copy the ASE file to the `/opt`directory.

4. To untar the binary in the EC2 instance, at the command prompt, enter the following command to untar the ASE file:

   ```
   tar –zxvf ase-rhel-4.0.tar.gz
   ```

   ### Result:

   ```
   tar –zxvf  <filename>
   ```

5. To verify that ASE successfully installed, enter the `ls` command at the command prompt:

   ```
   /opt/$ ls
   pingidentity ase-rhel-4.0.tar.gz
   ```

   ### Result:

   This lists the PingDirectoryand the build's tar files.

6. Change the directory to `/opt/pingidentity/ase/bin`.

7. Run the `install_service.sh aws` script:

   ```
   /opt/pingidentity/ase/bin$sudo ./install_service.sh aws
   Installing ASE service for AWS Autoscale
   This script will install ASE as a service
   Do you wish to proceed (y/n)? y
   Starting service installation
   RHEL7.6 detected, installing ASE service
   Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ase.service to /etc/systemd/system/ase.service.
   ASE service successfully installed
   ```

8. Create an AMI using this EC2 instance.

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   |   | When you are creating the AMI, do not select the `No Reboot` option. |