As of Eucalyptus version 4.0, it is now required to pass a Eucalyptus Kernel Image (EKI) and a Eucalyptus Ramdisk Image (ERI) when uploading and registering a paravirtual Eucalyptus Machine Image (EMI) using the , , and command line tools.
Once you’ve customized or acquired a paravirtual image to use with Eucalyptus, you can enable the image as an executable entity with the following steps:
Note that while all users can bundle, upload and register images, only users under the account have the required permissions to upload and register kernels and ramdisks.
Once you have an image that meets your needs, perform the tasks listed in this section to add the image to your cloud.