Can't add image to AWS Autoscale launch config

Question

I'm using the following command to set up the AWS launch config:

as-create-launch-config test1autoscale --image-id ami-xxxx --instance-type m1.small

where ami-xxxx is the image id that I got from my instance via the web console. I get the following error:

Malformed input-AMI ami-xxxx is invalid: The AMI ID 'ami-xxxx' does not exist

I have triple checked that the image id matches the instance image id. My availability zone is ap-southeast-1a. I am not clear on what image is being asked for if it will not accept the image of the instance I wish to add to the autoscale group

Answer 1

Try adding the region endpoint (because by default it's looking into us-east-1 enpoint) to your config command, then it should work:

as-create-launch-config test1autoscale --region ap-southeast-1 --image-id ami-xxxx --instance-type m1.small

Also take a look at this: Regions and Endpoints - Amazon Web Services Glossary