# AWS EC2 Community mothur AMI - still an option?

**URL:** <https://forum.mothur.org/t/aws-ec2-community-mothur-ami-still-an-option/22437>\
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**Created:** [July 1, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/aws-ec2-community-mothur-ami-still-an-option/22437 "2026-07-01T03:18:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmcbeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jmcbeth](https://forum.mothur.org/u/jmcbeth)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/aws-ec2-community-mothur-ami-still-an-option/22437/1 "2026-07-01T03:18:15Z")

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Hey! Just wondering if there should still be mothur AMIs available on Amazon AWS EC2 community. I can’t find it there, wondering if this is still a thing!

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**Author:** ![jmcbeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jmcbeth](https://forum.mothur.org/u/jmcbeth)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/aws-ec2-community-mothur-ami-still-an-option/22437/2 "2026-07-01T03:29:04Z")

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(yes I am N. Virginia us-east-1)

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**Author:** ![pschloss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/pschloss/32/4_2.png) [@pschloss](https://forum.mothur.org/u/pschloss)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/aws-ec2-community-mothur-ami-still-an-option/22437/3 "2026-07-01T13:59:45Z")

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Hey there - I really don’t know. It was there, but it was a much older version of where we’re at now. I didn’t get much feedback from people about using it (you’re the first!) so I didn’t keep updating it when we had new releases. Sorry!

Pat

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**Author:** ![jmcbeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jmcbeth](https://forum.mothur.org/u/jmcbeth)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/aws-ec2-community-mothur-ami-still-an-option/22437/4 "2026-07-01T15:14:08Z")

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OK, thanks Pat. I can take a stab at making one myself (found your instruction protocol on github) but I would be uneasy about making that version available to others in case I mess something up. If you could make an updated one that might be better?