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13 Mar 2008 · Tags: aws

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Setting up EC2:

create X.509 cert and dl private key and cert
download ec2 java tools
set JAVA_HOME to where java lives (c:\PROGRA~1\Java\jdk1.6.0_03 for me)
set EC2_HOME to where unpacked tools are
add EC2_HOME\bin to PATH
set EC2_CERT to the location of ec2 certificate file
set EC2_PRIVATE_KEY to the location of ec2 private key file
run ec2ver to see if it works
ec2-describe-images -a : get list of all images
ec2-add-keypair gsg-keypair >id_rsa-gsg-keypair : creates a private key for logging in
ami-03d6336a : ubuntu 7.10 base image
ec2-run-instances ami-03d6336a -k gsg-keypair
ec2-describe-instances i-8d3dcbe4
ec2-authorize default -p 22
ec2-authorize default -p 80
ssh -i id_rsa-gsg-keypair root@ec2–72-44–50-173.z-1.compute-1.amazonaws.com
ec2-terminate-instances i-8d3dcbe4