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Knife EC2 ↑

This is the official Opscode Knife plugin for Amazon EC2. This plugin gives the knife command line program the ability to create, bootstrap, and manage EC2 inst ances.

Installation ↑

This plugin is distributed as a Ruby Gem. To install it, run:

gem install knife-ec2

Depending on your system, you may need to run this command as root.

Configuration ↑

Knife EC2 can be configured with your AWS credentials, favored availability zone and more. Your configuration is specified in your knife.rb file, inside the ‘knife` Hash. The following settings are available:

  • availability_zone

  • aws_ssh_key_id

  • aws_access_key_id

  • aws_secret_access_key

  • region

Configuration Example: ↑

In ~/.chef/knife.rb:

knife :aws_access_key_id     => "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
      :aws_secret_access_key => "Mjc0MzIyMDE5Mjk1MjcxNjczNDYxNjczMzg5Nzg5",
      :aws_ssh_key_id        => "mycorp-ssh-key"

Usage ↑

TODO