Revision as of 17:28, 11 February 2016

External

wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-api-tools.zip

cd /opt
unzip .../ec2-api-tools.zip
ln -s ./ec2-api-tools-1.7.5.1 ec2-api-tools

Adjust the command to reflect the actual EC2 API tools version.

Set JAVA_HOME for all accounts that are going to use ec2 tools.

For all users that are going to use it, configure the following environment variables in their .bashrc (or equivalent):

export EC2_HOME=/opt/ec2
export PATH=${PATH}:${EC2_HOME}/bin

!!Set the Access Keys

More details about access keys here: |[Amazon Security#APIAccessKeys]

Access keys can be specified on command line every time an ec2 command is issued, with:

{{{ -aws-access-key or -O --aws-secret-key or -W }}}

or by setting the following environment variables:

{{{ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY=your-aws-access-key-id export AWS_SECRET_KEY=your-aws-secret-key }}}

!!Test

{{{ ec2-describe-regions }}}

!!Set the Region

{{{ export EC2_URL=https://<service_endpoint> }}}

!!!Commands

@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 ==Set Environment==
-For all users that are going to use it:
+For all users that are going to use it, configure the following environment variables in their <tt>.bashrc</tt> (or equivalent):
-{{{
+<pre>
 export EC2_HOME=/opt/ec2
 export PATH=${PATH}:${EC2_HOME}/bin
-}}}
+</pre>
 !!Set the Access Keys