Re: migration moodle from local server to Amazon AWS

Hi Yadu,

There is a lot of small steps but it will seem simple once you have done it a couple times.  

1. Finalize the image by getting rid of stuff that shouldn't be as a server, AWS charges you by the cpu cycle and space so less is more.  Make sure to use a security audit as well to harden the server so it is secure and no ports are open that should not be.  
2. Use the VMware tool to convert the physical machine to a virtual image.  
3. Upload to the image to AWS and Use the import tool here, http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/vmimport/
4. Follow instuctions for creating a Key Pair, this enables you to ssh to the server. 
5. If everything went well startup the server. 

Thanks

Patrick