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Summary. I have a fresh EC2 Precise 64-bit instance (ami-82fa58eb). After launching the instance, I want to install ruby1.9.1 (among others).
This doesn't work:
aptitude update &&
apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" --force-yes -fuy dist-upgrade &&
aptitude install -y ruby1…
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I am trying to use the various tools provided by ec2-ami-tools
Eg,
ec2-create-snapshot -h
....
-K, --private-key KEY
Specify KEY as the private key to use. Defaults to the value of the
EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.
-C, --cert…
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I am trying to implement an automatic backup system for my EBS on Amazon AWS.
When I run this command as ec2-user:
/opt/aws/bin/ec2-create-snapshot --region us-east-1 -K /home/ec2-user/pk.pem -C /home/ec2-user/cert.pem -d "vol-******** snapshot" vol-********
everything works fine.
But if I add…
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I needed to start a new EC2 instance today and decided to try out the new spot instances, where you can reduce your instance cost by bidding on the maximum per-hour price you're prepared to pay. Since today's spot price was only 35c / hour, compared with 85c / hour for an on-demand instance, I was…
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I needed to start a new EC2 instance today and decided to try out the new spot instances, where you can reduce your instance cost by bidding on the maximum per-hour price you're prepared to pay. Since today's spot price was only 3.5c / hour, compared with 8.5c / hour for an on-demand instance, I…
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