Can I make the image of Linux centos from AWS with imaging software
I have the centos 6.3 in Amazon ec2.
Is it possible to make the image of centos using some imaging software like acronis (any free alternative?).
Then I can restore it on my virtual machine vmware.
The instrument to do that, in CentOS, is called kickstart
. In this Web page you will find the instructions to use kickstart to do exactly what you wish, i.e. create an image of your current system to be installed in a VM. The Web page has a long blurb at the beginning, the part you are interested in begins with the heading Using LiveCD to Create a Custom CentOS .ISO. Notice that, later in that section, you will be offered two possibilities:
You can use one of the pre-configured Kickstart files in the /usr/share/livecd-config/ directory as a template, Or create your own. If you would prefer to create your kickstart file using a GUI interface, Download and run System-Config-Kickstart,....
This second option, downloading System-Config-Kickstart is what you are searching, i.e. a customized configuration copied from your system, rather than a pre-built profile.
This will give you an .iso image which you can use to install your system on a VM.