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Comment: Updated for 4.2.4

By default we do not ship an encrypted AMI, but we support the encrypted AMIs our customers create based on our AMIs and according to AWS instructions below:

1-    Launch a SoftNAS AMI

2-    From EC2 console create an image based on  it

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3-    From Images > AMIs >  Right click and choose Copy AMI

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4-    Choose the region, Name, then check “Encryption” and pick up your master key.

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5-    Click “Copy AMI”, after few minutes you will find it in the same place.

6-    Now Right click > Choose launch

7-    Go through the launch process and you will find Root Volume will be encrypted

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3 - Shutdown the instance            Image Added

4- Detach current root volumeImage Added

5- Create a snapshot of the detached root volumeImage Added

6- Create a new volume from the snapshot with "Encryption" enabled. NOTE: be sure to select the same AZ your instance in on and check the Encryption button! then select the default master key ((default) aws/ebs)

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7- Attach the newly created root Volume with EBS encryption to the instance as /dev/sda1Image AddedImage Added

8 - Create AMI image of the instance (named something like Encrypted SoftNAS AMI)Image AddedImage Added

9- After creating the new AMI is done, create a new instance with the "Encrypted SoftNAS AMI"Image Added


Now any instances created with this AMI will have the root volume encrypted.