Automate the EBS-backed AMI lifecycle - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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Automate the EBS-backed AMI lifecycle

You can use Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to automate the creation, retention, copy, deprecation, and deregistration of Amazon EBS-backed AMIs and their backing snapshots. For more information, see Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager.