What differences are there between an official Ubuntu AMI image and a base install from an ISO?

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Published on 2012-06-17T11:37:21Z Indexed on 2012/06/17 15:17 UTC
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When creating a new instance on AWS using an official Ubuntu 12.04 server AMI, what differences are there compared to if I was to do a standard server install on a computer of my own?

For example, the default user is 'ubuntu'. An SSH public key is added to that users authorized_keys file. Sudo is passwordless for that user. PasswordAuthentication is disabled for SSH. etc etc.

Configurations have been changed from their defaults, and I'd like to know if there is a list, or somewhere I could find out the modifications made.

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