diff --git a/example-projects/demo3-microservice-in-aws.py b/example-projects/demo3-microservice-in-aws.py
index e327a79..d0289d0 100644
--- a/example-projects/demo3-microservice-in-aws.py
+++ b/example-projects/demo3-microservice-in-aws.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ home = expanduser("~")
 #              IP, but elastic ips are expensive - make sure to delete them after you used them
 
 # The image to look for and use for the started instance
-ubuntu_image_name = 'ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-bionic-18.04-amd64-server-20210128'
+# aws ec2 describe-images --owner amazon | grep ubuntu | grep jammy | grep hvm | grep ssd |grep amd64 | grep -v minimal | grep -v pro | grep -v testing | grep -v k8s | grep "Name"
+ubuntu_image_name = 'ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-20240319'
 # TODO: 18.04, currently still needed for faafo, need to port faafo demo app to 20.04 or higher and python3...
 
 # The public key to be used for SSH connection, please make sure, that you have the corresponding private key
diff --git a/faafo/contrib/install-aws.sh b/faafo/contrib/install-aws.sh
index b7515a5..707653b 100755
--- a/faafo/contrib/install-aws.sh
+++ b/faafo/contrib/install-aws.sh
@@ -84,22 +84,24 @@ if [[ -e /etc/os-release ]]; then
 
     if [[ $INSTALL_DATABASE -eq 1 ]]; then
         if [[ $ID = 'ubuntu' || $ID = 'debian' ]]; then
-            sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y mysql-server python-mysqldb
+            sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y mariadb-server python3-mysqldb
             # HSFD changes for Ubuntu 18.04
-            sudo sed -i -e "/bind-address/d" /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
-            #sudo sed -i -e "/bind-address/d" /etc/mysql/my.cnf
-            sudo service mysql restart
+            #sudo sed -i -e "/bind-address/d" /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
+            ##sudo sed -i -e "/bind-address/d" /etc/mysql/my.cnf
+            sudo sed -i -e "s/127.0.0.1/0.0.0.0/g" /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf
+            sudo mysqladmin password password
+            sudo systemctl restart mariadb
         elif [[ $ID = 'fedora' ]]; then
             # fedora currently not tested nor supported
-            sudo dnf install -y mariadb-server python-mysql
+            sudo dnf install -y mariadb-server python3-mysql
             printf "[mysqld]\nbind-address = 127.0.0.1\n" | sudo tee /etc/my.cnf.d/faafo.conf
+            sudo mysqladmin password password
             sudo systemctl enable mariadb
             sudo systemctl start mariadb
         else
             echo "error: distribution $ID not supported"
             exit 1
         fi
-        sudo mysqladmin password password
         sudo mysql -uroot -ppassword mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS faafo; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON faafo.* TO 'faafo'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"
         URL_DATABASE='mysql://root:password@localhost/faafo'
     fi
@@ -124,8 +126,7 @@ if [[ -e /etc/os-release ]]; then
 
     if [[ $INSTALL_FAAFO -eq 1 ]]; then
         if [[ $ID = 'ubuntu' || $ID = 'debian' ]]; then
-            # TODO: needs to be updated for Ubuntu >= 20.04
-            sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip supervisor git zlib1g-dev libmysqlclient-dev python-mysqldb
+            sudo apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-pip supervisor git zlib1g-dev libmysqlclient-dev python3-mysqldb python-is-python3
             # Following is needed because of
             # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/supervisor/+bug/1594740
             if [ $(lsb_release --short --codename) = xenial ]; then
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ if [[ -e /etc/os-release ]]; then
             fi
         elif [[ $ID = 'fedora' ]]; then
             # fedora currently not tested nor supported
-            sudo dnf install -y python-devel python-pip supervisor git zlib-devel mariadb-devel gcc which python-mysql
+            sudo dnf install -y python3-devel python3-pip supervisor git zlib-devel mariadb-devel gcc which python3-mysql
             sudo systemctl enable supervisord
             sudo systemctl start supervisord
         #elif [[ $ID = 'opensuse' || $ID = 'sles' ]]; then
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ if [[ -e /etc/os-release ]]; then
         sudo mkswap /swap
         sudo swapon /swap
         sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
-        sudo python setup.py install
+        sudo python3 setup.py install
 
         sudo sed -i -e "s#transport_url = .*#transport_url = $URL_MESSAGING#" /etc/faafo/faafo.conf
         sudo sed -i -e "s#database_url = .*#database_url = $URL_DATABASE#" /etc/faafo/faafo.conf