Here is how I did it.
- On source AMI locate root volume snapshot id in the description
/dev/sda1=snap-eb79b0b1:15:true:gp2
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Launch instance with public Ubuntu 14.04 AMI
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Create volume from snapshot snap-eb79b0b1 (in the same region that the instance runs).
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Attach volume to the instance as
/dev/sdf -
mount volume to
/mnt
mount /dev/xvdf /mnt
(or)
mount /dev/xvdf1 /mnt
- install docker
https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/ubuntulinux/
- import docker image from mounted root volume
tar -c -C /mnt/ . | docker import - appcimage-master-1454216413
- run
docker run -t -i 6d6614111fcb03d5ca79541b8a23955202dfda74995d968b5ffb5d45c7e68da9 /bin/bash