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next I added:
mkdir ~/aws
cd ~/aws
wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-api-tools.zip
wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-qmi-tools.zip
sudo unzip -d /opt/ ec2-api-tools.zip
sudo unzip -d /opt/ ec2-ami-tools.zip
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/ec2-api-tools-1.3-34544/bin/ (but version # was different)
export EC2_HOME=/opt/ec2-api-tools-1.3-34544/
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/
Now I was able to test the following command does sth
ec2-register
I probably should also have set
export EC2_PRIVATE_KEY=~/.ec2/pk-K5AHLDNT3ZI28UIE6Q7CC3YZ4LIZ54K7.pem
export EC2_CERT=~/.ec2/cert-K5AHLDNYYZI2FUIE6R7CC3YJ4LIZ54K7.pem
export EC2_ACCNO=155678941235
export ACCESS_KEY=1WQ6FJKYHJMPTJ3QR6G2
export SECRET_KEY=VDYxRzosnDWvxrJ97QntVpsSUBAavGHE1QJELEyY
If 'ruby' is missing execute:
sudo apt-get install ruby
Alternative:
sudo apt-get install ec2-ami-tools
Below are steps leading to bundling & registering
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