[ec2-beta] Ubuntu on Amazon beta trial

[Eric Hammond]

[And now I see SteveB has already answered, but since I typed this all, 
I'm going to post anyway :) ]

khalil:

There is no need to download images yourself when using Amazon EC2.

When you start virtual hosts (instances) on Amazon EC2 you simply tell 
Amazon's API the id of the image (AMI) you want to run and it takes care 
of the rest.

The AMI ids start with "ami-" and the current official Ubuntu beta AMI 
ids are provided in the welcome email you forwarded.

If you want to run a small 32-bit instance (the default, cheaper option) 
then you will want to specify the i386 AMI id: ami-814aaee8

The welcome email also points to a bare-bones guide which walks through 
installing the API command line tools and using them to start and stop 
an instance.

The guide does assume you are running Ubuntu on your local system.  You 
can still run Ubuntu on EC2 even from a Windows or Mac desktop, but the 
steps are slightly different to get started.

Amazon also has a Getting Started Guide which delves into more 
introductory details:

   http://ec2gsg.notlong.com

The guide was written for a different AMI, so not every step matches 
what you can do with the official Ubuntu beta AMIs, but there is some 
good info there.

It can take a bit of effort to figure out how all the concepts fit 
together but it's worth it once you've got it.  Feel free to ask for 
more help along the way.

--
Eric Hammond
ehammond at thinksome.com



khalil alas wrote:
> i dont see any download or image in the email?
> can you help
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 08:32:14 +0000
> From: donotreply at canonical.com
> To: khalilalas at live.com
> Subject: Ubuntu on Amazon beta trial
> 
> 
> Dear khalil,
> 
> Thank you very much for your interest in our Ubuntu on Amazon EC2 beta 
> program. We have just completed your enrollment and you should therefore 
> be able to start using Ubuntu on Amazon right away.
> 
> You registered the following Amazon AWS account number: 3924-1029-7986
> 
> Two Amazon Machine Images (AMI) are available for you to test:
> 
> * x86 - ubuntu-intrepid-8.10-i386 - ami-814aaee8  
> * x86_64 - ubuntu-intrepid-8.10-amd64 - ami-a84aaec1
> 
> Please refer to the EC2 Starter's Guide wiki to learn how to start your 
> first instances on Amazon EC2 [1]. Also, please keep in mind that while 
> we do not charge you anything to be part of this program, Amazon will be 
> charging you for your usage of their infrastructure, which is completely 
> independent of us.
> 
> If you have selected to be part of the beta test mailing list at 
> ec2-beta at lists.ubuntu.com, in order to be subscribed to this list you 
> will need to confirm your email address by replying to the mailing list 
> subscription confirmation notice which you will receive separately.
> 
> If you have any questions regarding the images or the program, 
> suggestions on how we could improve Ubuntu on EC2, feel free to send an 
> email to ec2-beta at lists.ubuntu.com.
> 
> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EC2StartersGuide
> 
> Happy cloud computing and best regards,
> 
> 
> The EC2 Beta Team
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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