ec2-cap

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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.

Make sure you populate the icagent directory of this checkout to contain your particular
icagent recipes - they will be copied to the AMI at creation.

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