# Step 5 – Create an AMI compatible with AWS PCS
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After you have installed the required software components, you create an AMI that you can reuse to launch instances in AWS PCS compute node groups.

**Important**  
AWS PCS currently requires a kernel with IPv4 support for local node communication, even when you use AWS PCS in an IPv6-only network.

**To create an AMI from your temporary instance**

1.  Open the [Amazon EC2 console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2). 

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Instances**. 

1.  Select the temporary instance that you created. Choose **Actions**, **Image**, **Create image**. 

1.  For **Create image**, do the following: 

   1.  For **Image name**, enter a descriptive name for the AMI. 

   1.  (Optional) For **Image description**, enter a brief description of the purpose of the AMI. 

   1.  Choose **Create image**. 

1.  In the navigation pane, choose **AMIs**. 

1.  Locate the AMI that you created in the list. Wait for its status to change from **Pending** to **Available**, then use it with a AWS PCS compute node group.