I believe in not inventing the wheel;-) That’s another incarnation of DRY … So a good starting point for AMI images are the ones of Rightscale.

http://wiki.rightscale.com/Release_Notes_-_RightImages/RightImages_Release_Notes

RightImage v3.0 (32-bit, 64-bit)

    Release Date:  June 17, 2008
    Nickname: RightImage CentOS5_0V3_0_0
    IDs: ami-d8a347b1 (32-bit), ami-c8ac48a1 (64-bit)
    Locations: rightscale_images/CentOS5_0V3_0_0.img (32-bit), rightscale_images/CentOS5_0V3_0_0.img (64-bit)
    Use the 32-bit version for m1.small and c1.medium instances.  Use the 64-bit version for all other instance types.

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