From 23d4ad8970ab34f07939ed9313aa0091914c7d8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niko Klanecek Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:26:31 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] nixos/amazon-image: default to raw format instead of vpc With the move to EBS Direct API uploads (PutSnapshotBlock), raw images can be uploaded directly without conversion, making the qemu-img vpc conversion step unnecessary. This avoids a build-time format conversion and simplifies upload workflows that use the EBS Direct API (e.g. NixOS/amis#364). --- nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix index e117b1d28d52..092d37d42145 100644 --- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix +++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ in "qcow2" "vpc" ]; - default = "vpc"; + default = "raw"; description = "The image format to output"; }; };