What is the difference between terminating and stopping an EC2 instance?
Answer Terminate Instance When you terminate an EC2 instance, the instance will be shutdown and the virtual machine that was provisioned for you will be permanently taken away and you…
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Different boot sources There are several different kinds of sources to boot from in the DreamCompute dashboard, but they all need to create some sort of virtual disk for the…
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Powerful New Amazon EC2 Boot Features – Introduction
Today a powerful new feature is available for our Amazon EC2 customers: the ability to boot their instances from Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store). Customers like the simplicity of the…
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How to Run/Deploy Java EE applications on Amazon EC2?
Running Java EE applications on Amazon EC2: deploying to 20 machines with no money down Computer hardware has traditionally been a scarce, expensive resource. In the early days of computing…
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EC2Deploy and the Cloud Tools Maven plugin are now available
I’m pleased to announce that EC2Deploy – a Groovy-based framework for deploying Java EE applications to Amazon EC2 – is now available as part of the Cloud Tools open source…
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Cloud Tools now supports Amazon Elastic Block Store
One of the exciting new features of Amazon EC2 is Elastic Block Store, which provides truly durable storage for your instances. Prior to EBS, the contents of the file system…
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Amazon EC2 key pairs and other stumbling blocks – Guide
While working with Cloud Tools and Cloud Foundry users, I have noticed that EC2 key pairs and security group configuration are common stumbling blocks for people who are new to…
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Deployment Foundation Issues
Deployment Foundation Issues Establish Key Roles/Charter for Deployment The very first order of business is to firmly establish “who’s on first” for getting deployment done. Senior management is crucial at…
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