Given an EC2 instance with an EBS AMI, How can I update the AMI's snapshot?

on EC2 my app servers are running the same EBS AMI. How can I update this AMI's snapshot to contain the latest configuration settings and site code?

I can only find tutorials that talk about creating new EBS AMIs, none that talk about updating running AMIs.


Solution 1:

I believe your only option is to create a new AMI from one of your configured instances. Then you will have to spin up new instances based on that AMI and remove the ones on the old AMI.