[ec2-beta] Ubuntu on Amazon beta trial

[Steve Berryman]

That was a much clearer explanation than mine.

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Eric Hammond <ehammond at thinksome.com> wrote:
> [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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