Manages EC2 nodes with Capistrano, iClassify and Puppet.

Requires:

  capistrano 2+
  right_aws (gem install right_aws)

Configure:

  First, populate the config/ec2.rb file with your EC2 info, iClassify URI, and the location of your puppet server.
  
  Update the ec2/simple.rb with an Ubuntu AMI, pre-configured with:

    1. An authentication scheme that matches your puppet master (users with matching passwords)
    2. icagent, facter and puppet
    
  I started with the Ubuntu Hardy AMIs.
  
Use:

  Create new EC2 instances:
  
    cap -S host_type=simple create
    cap -S host_type=simple -S number=10 # launch 10 instances
    
  Terminate EC2 instances:
    
    cap QUERY="ec2:true" terminate # kill all ec2 nodes in iClassify
    cap QUERY="tag:monkey" terminate # kill all the monkey servers
    
  Describe running instances:
  
    cap describe_instances