pyec2launcher

taxi checklist

• python 2.7
• boto pip install boto (https://github.com/boto/boto)
• AWS account and Credentials

pre-flight

you need to know the following

• AWS account credentials (http://aws.amazon.com/iam/)
• create the appropriate group in EC2
• create and download a keypair in ec2, remember the name (you will launch the instance with this key, and SSH to it initially using this)

runway preparation

• edit the pyec2launcher.py file and insert your AWS credentials
• determine the security group you would like to place the instance in
• determine the AMI you would like to use
• determine the launch keypair you would like to use, and create if necessary