Creating an AMI Image AMI

Question

I want to create an AMI for my instance, but the following AWS prompt scares me:

The instance you're using as a template for a new image has the following volumes: /dev/sda1, vol-a9 (15 GiB), will delete on termination Total size of EBS volumes: 15 GiB. When you create an EBS image an EBS snapshot will also be created for each of the above volumes. 

Now that it says that the EBS volume will be deleted at completion, does this mean the completion of the script that creates the AMI, or only when I complete the instance?

Answer 1

The AWS Developer Forum has a post that sheds light on this.

Delete on completion is a flag that can be disabled, which will delete the volume if the instance itself is completed. Your current EBS volume will not be lost unless you terminate your current instance. Creating the image will restart your current instance (you can also disable it, but not recommended for consistency)