getting started on aws

AWS Getting StartedNeill Turner

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Getting Started Options

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• EC2Dream System Admin.• AWS Management Console Tutorial. • ElasticFox.• Amazon Getting Started Guide.

AWS Management Console

Tutorial at http://ec2dream.webs.com/AWS-Management-Console.pdf

• Introduction - Setting Up.• #1: Running an Instance. • #2: Bundling an Instance.• #3: Creating an Elastic Block Store(EBS)

Volume.• #4: Associate an Elastic IP address with

an instance.• Appendix #1: PuTTY.

Introduction – Setting Up

• AWS Account http://aws.amazon.com

• EC2 Account http://aws.amazon.com/ec2

• S3 Account http://aws.amazon.com/s3

• Logon to AWS Management Console https://console.aws.amazon.com and create a keypair, saving generated file in secure place.

#1: Running an Instance

• Step 1: Setting up a Security Group.

• Step 2: Choosing an AMI. (I recommend the RightScale small instance AMI ami-cb52b6a2).

• Step 3: Launching an Instance.

EC2Dream System AdminInstallation - Assumed you have a windows PC. If linux use ssh to access your instance.1. Download from www.ec2dream.com2. Unzip this zip to a folder say C:\EC2Dream (No spaces in directory!) and follow

reame.txt file3. Go to Ruby folder and run the Ruby installer ruby186-27_rc2.exe.4. Also on the Ruby folder run to add Ruby components (i.e. gems). gem_install_right_aws.bat gem_install_capistrano.bat1. Correct known problem with capistrano. Change C:/Program Files/ruby/bin/cap (or whatever location Ruby was installed in)

line that reads: require_gem 'capistrano', version to gem 'capistrano', version 1. Edit the run.bat file and set the EC2DREAM_HOME to the folder of the EC2Dream

install (i.e. C:\EC2DREAM)2. Start a command window and cd to EC2DREAM_HOME and execute run.bat to start

EC2DREAM GUI tool.

EC2Dream System Admin

Tutorial at http://www.ec2dream.webs.com/gettingstarted/

1.Follow Creating an Environment Creating an Environment Creating a KeyPair (add to settings)

1.Then you should see your server and be able to access it by clicking on server in the tree and then click on the terminal icon.