How do the Cloud Service Providers Track AMI Usage?

The Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) are responsible for tracking and reporting usage and licensing. The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS^®) does not provide any reporting to customers. This may be a question to reach out to your specific CSP for more detail around their exact tracking process.

Using Packer, Terraform, and Creating Machine Images from CIS Hardened Images^®

Consumers will be charged one license for all running instances based on the CIS Hardened Image. Replicating a CIS-Hardened Image, using any method, does not stop it from being a CIS-made image, which has been duplicated.