AWS API

EC2 API Categorized

Here are EC2 API commands categorized by similar usage rather than alphabetically.

Parm	Object	New	Delete	Reflect	Other
	Command	-	ec2-get-console-output ec2gcons	ec2-version ec2ver	ec2-cmd
Availability --zone within --region within --location	-	-	ec2-describe-availability-zones ec2daz	ec2-describe-regions ec2dre
Security Group	ec2-add-group > ec2addgrp ec2-authorize ec2auth	ec2-delete-group > ec2delgrp	ec2-describe-group ec2dgrp	AuthorizeGroup ec2-authorize ec2auth RevokeGroup ec2-revoke ec2revoke
Keypair -k	ec2-add-keypair ec2addkey	ec2-delete-keypair ec2delkey	ec2-describe-keypairs ec2dkey	ec2-fingerprint-key ec2fp ec2-get-password ec2gpass
--ec2cert -c	-	-	-	-
Address	AllocateAddress ec2-allocate-address ec2allocaddr	ec2-release-address ec2reladdr	ec2-describe-addresses ec2daddr	ec2-associate-address ec2assoaddr ec2-disassociate-address ec2disaddr
Bundle	ami ec2-bundle-image	ami ec2-delete-bundle ami ec2-unbundle	ami ec2-upload-bundle	ami ec2-migrate-bundle cmd ec2-migrate-bundle ami ec2-migrate-manifest
AMI Images	RegisterImage ec2-register-image ec2reg	DeregisterImage ec2-deregister ec2dereg	ec2-describe-image-attribute ec2-describe-images ec2dim	ec2-migrate-image ec2mim ec2-modify-image-attribute ec2matt ec2-reset-image-attribute
Reserved Instance	ec2-purchase-reserved-instances-offering ec2prio	-	ec2-describe-reserved-instances ec2dri	ec2-describe-reserved-instances-offerings ec2drio
Instance -i	ec2-run-instances ec2run	ec2-reboot-instances ec2reboot ec2-terminate-instances ec2kill	ec2-describe-instances ec2din ec2-confirm-product-instance	ec2-monitor-instances ec2min ec2-unmonitor-instances ec2umin
Instance Bundle	ec2-bundle-instance ec2bundle	ec2-cancel-bundle-task ec2cbun	ec2-describe-bundle-tasks ec2dbun	-
Volume -v	ec2-create-volume ec2addvol ami ec2-bundle-vol	ec2-delete-volume ec2delvol	ec2-describe-volumes ec2dvol	ec2-attach-volume ec2attvol ec2-detach-volume ec2detvol
--snapshot	ec2-create-snapshot ec2addsnap	ec2-delete-snapshot ec2delsnap	ec2-describe-snapshots ec2dsnap	-

Among the unusual names are ec2-revoke to revoke group.

Blog Roll

• Thinking out Cloud
• Cloud Computing [Security] Architectural Framework
• alestic.com by Eric Hammond focuses on the Ubuntu OS
• somic.org by Dmitriy Samovskiy in Chicago working at
• VPN-Cubed overlay network for EC2
• Life Scaling by Oren Solomianik
• Dan Siemon

Know of other bloggers? Please let me know!

Reference

Amazon began offering web services in Fall 2006.

EC2 for Poets

Amazon's EC2 Security Guide

Comparison of clouds

Book Cloud Architectures (April 2009) by George Reese.

Book Dot Cloud: The 21st Century Business Platform Built on Cloud Computing by Peter Fingar (author of Extreme Competition)

The Big Switch by Nicholas Carr.

Google Book: Programming Amazon Web Services by James Murty [ Example Code]

How to Install DotNetNuke 4.3.x from AWS EC2 Creative magazine

Video: Cloud Computing Explained

Video: Windows On EC2 at Cloud Camp Atlanta 09 by Sudesh Oudi of Service Xen Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

Creating Applications with Amazon EC2 and S3 (O'Reilly OnLamp) by Judith Myerson (05/13/2008)

This is a larger HD version of tektut's video on YouTube dated January 26, 2009.

Radlab at Berkeley

Open Grid Forum BOF Session March 2009

REST in practice for IT and Cloud management (part 1: Cloud APIs) by William Vambenepe

Video: Amazon's EC2 Tutorial (Linux) by Mike Culver, Web Services Evangelist

Private Cloud within a Public Cloud