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  • Speed up building Bottlerocket image in AWS CodeBuild

    calendar Oct 20, 2025 · 4 min read · Bottlerocket Docker  ·
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    When I first moved building Bottlerocket AMI from an EC2 host to AWS CodeBuild, I was hit by a very slow build. On an EC2 instance, I built both the x86 and Arm versions on x86 instances, and fresh builds finished in 5 minutes. However, on CodeBuild with more vCPU and memory, the build process was painfully slower. The …


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