Amazon EC2 API Tools

To deal with instances on Amazon EC2 you need the Amazon EC2 API Tools. You can download it here: http://aws.amazon.com/developertools/351?_encoding=UTF8&jiveRedirect=1 This command line tools are used to access the EC2 instances. To use this tools you need Java 1.5 or higher and you need to setup the System Variable “JAVA_HOME”.  How to set up theContinue reading “Amazon EC2 API Tools”

Cloud Computing with Amazon

I used already the S3 Storage from Amazon together with an Ruby on Rails App to store images. It worked pretty good for me. Now I am experimenting with EC2, the Elastic Cloud Computing. Here are some good links to start: http://aws.amazon.com/ http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/ http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/index.html