Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides self-service, on-demand, pay-for-what-you-use computing infrastructure resources.
0
votes
2answers
14 views
File Transfer across AWS Instnaces
How can I transfer files across AWS Linux instances? Both the instances use a password file for authentication.
Is there any specific way to do this?
Please suggest me in this regards.
Thanks!
1
vote
1answer
28 views
IIS site slows down even though there is lots of CPU and RAM left? speeds up if users are split
I have a .net web application on IIS and the site was running very slow(on AWS EC2 medium server 2012). CPU usage and RAM usage are both down very low.
I started up another EC2(medium server 2008) ...
0
votes
1answer
26 views
Disk Writes to Mounted EBS Volume Not Logged in Monitor
I have an EBS volume specifically dedicated to storing remote backups via rsync. This volume is attached and mounted to an EC2 instance. The user mediating backups has access to this volume via a ...
0
votes
1answer
30 views
chef knife ec2 server create: error when spinning up new ec2 servers
I'm trying to use knife ec2 server create to automatically launch ec2 instances for the first time, but I'm getting "ERROR: Excon::Errors::BadRequest: Expected(200) <=> Actual(400 Bad Request)".
...
0
votes
0answers
19 views
Different mpm with httpd and apachectl
I am using Amazon linux on AWS EC2. I have changed the mpm from prefork to worker by uncommenting HTTPD=/usr/sbin/httpd.worker from file /etc/sysconfig/httpd. Now if I run command httpd -l i get ...
0
votes
0answers
39 views
Nginx workers as Ubuntu's www-data user - where to store temporary files? [closed]
I've been following along Dimitri Aivaliotis's Mastering Nginx book for setting up my own web server on an EC2 instance and I would like to adapt it to a default Ubuntu 12.04LTS AMI. The author ...
-2
votes
1answer
17 views
Setting up Django project on server to be front-facing [closed]
I'm setting up my first Django project on a server
I'm following this guide, and along the way, it tells you to python manage.py runserver, and then view the a welcome page at the loopback ip ...
0
votes
0answers
20 views
EC2 SSH Prompting for Password
When I spawned an instance with the Parallels Plesk with PowerPanel, running on CentOS, I attempted to ssh into it. For some reason, it's prompting for a password. I'm telling it where the keyfile is, ...
0
votes
2answers
51 views
rsync as root to /var/www failing with “protocol version mismatch”
I'm trying to set up a one command way to move website code from a dev machine up into my Ubuntu EC2 instance and have it be copied straight into the /var/www/mywebsite folder where nginx expects to ...
2
votes
1answer
41 views
cross region security amazon ec2
At the moment, because it isn't possible to specify a security group from another region when allowing port access using amazon ec2's security groups, we have had to insert each individual IP into the ...
0
votes
2answers
20 views
Can i give ftp access to default user (ubuntu in my case)?
By default in amazon ec2 ubuntu instances, a "ubuntu" user is created without password (only with amazon security passkeys).
If i create a password to this user, will it destroy my instance ?
0
votes
2answers
29 views
No such file or directory
I'm building an EC2 LAMP server for the first time, and so far so good.
Except I can't seem to get the
require 'vendor/autoload.php'; working right
I get this error message whenever I write that ...
0
votes
1answer
46 views
Any auto-scaling ELB alternatives for EC2? [closed]
I have a python web application running with nginx and uwsgi on amazon EC2. I would like to implement a system where in instances are spawned or deleted according to the load. And a load balancer that ...
0
votes
1answer
20 views
Troubleshooting a connection to a new LAMP setup
So, I just set up my first LAMP server. I think.
I followed this guide and then proceeded to connect to it using Filezilla, so that means that it exists, at least.
I made an index.html and placed ...
1
vote
2answers
59 views
How to reduce I/O on EC2 micro instance running wordpress
I have been running a very small wordpress site on Amazon EC2 for about 2 months, using the free tier micro instance.
I have been getting billed a few dollars each month for going over the disk I/O ...
1
vote
1answer
54 views
my IP address is different to remote address at EC2
I have been trying to restrict access to a port on an EC2 box to a single remote computer (my desktop).
The various "what is my IP" services around on the Internet all consistently report an IP ...
0
votes
1answer
35 views
preventing squid forwarding loop with IPtables
I have a web application, and I'd like to limit file upload size.
I thought I'd try using squid for this, via its directive request_body_size_max.
I have my webserver running on port 8080, and I've ...
0
votes
0answers
38 views
Need to set up a shared file system for load-balanced site in Amazon AWS
I have two load-balanced nodes and rather than synchronizing two file systems, I would like to try a shared file system. What is the best way to do this in AWS? I am using Windows Server 2003 for the ...
1
vote
1answer
33 views
Is it possible to audit the Amazon AWS console?
We had a situation recently where an elastic IP address assigned to a production server mysteriously became disassociated from that server. We have had this same thing happen in the past to other ...
0
votes
2answers
32 views
Launch Public AMI from one EC2 region in another
I'd like to install this public AMI (NCBO Appliance v1.1) on EC2 in the AWS US-East region. But it's available only in the US-West.
I see only options to launch it in the US-West, and don't find it ...
0
votes
0answers
29 views
Running Chrome on an AWS micro instance [migrated]
Let me start by saying my server administration experience is limited, so please forgive me if I'm making assumptions that might seem odd.
I've written an extension for Google Chrome and I'd like to ...
0
votes
1answer
50 views
I just cannot understand EC2 pricing for on-demand instances
OK,
I am feeling really dumb right now.
I just can't figure out this thing..
I intend to run a server which will be on constantly 24/7 (no stopping/terminating on my side).
However the actual ...
-1
votes
0answers
26 views
ubuntu update on aws ec2 fails [closed]
I'm trying to update my ubuntu aws ec2 instance but the dist-upgrade fails and I get dumped the following
Get:1 Changelog for libaccountsservice0 (http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs
...
0
votes
1answer
53 views
Mapping godaddy domain with AWS EC2
I have a word-press website running on EC2. I have a domain registered with godaddy. I used the elastic IP from AWS EC2 to set up A record.
The problem is, only the main page shows ...
0
votes
1answer
33 views
How to export Parallels Win 7 VM into AWS EC2?
Is there any elegant way to transfer a complete Win 7 server installation from a Parallels Desktop (Mac) VM into an AWS EC2 instance?
0
votes
0answers
15 views
How to configure Amazon EC2 Sharepoint instance to use internal LDAP authentication
I've created a Sharepoint Foundation Server instance in Amazon EC2 (inside a VPC) which has a connection into my internal, non-Active Directory, LDAP (I've opened the LDAP port to Sharepoint IP).
I ...
1
vote
2answers
96 views
Vagrant box most similar to Amazon EC2 instances
Are there any 'boxes' available to download for Vagrant that closely mirror the Linux version and packages available for Amazon EC2 instances?
I am testing locally using Vagrant, currently using the ...
0
votes
1answer
32 views
expand the size of EBS volume in EC2 of AWS (Centos 6.3)
I have a Linux Centos instance with the following volume partitions:
/ - 5 GB
/logs - /2 GB
/data - 4 TB (4 volumes, each 1 TB).
I would like to add more disk space (3 TB = 3 X 1TB volume) to my ...
0
votes
0answers
20 views
Forgot Amazon EC2 instance password for a windows 2008 server [closed]
I cannot retrieve the password for my EC2 instance running Windows 2008 server. I want this particular instance and my get password does not work.
Any work around how I can retrieve the password.
2
votes
0answers
57 views
Copy an Amazon EC2 Instance to use locally
Ok, so we have a spare server I have installed Debian Wheezy on, and setup Xen on for virtual machines. It has better performance than all our ec2 instances combined, and will cost less to run (for a ...
1
vote
1answer
19 views
Django - cant connect to local MySQL Server through socket
I’m using Django Bitnami Stack on Amazon EC2. I’m attempting to sync the database for the initial setup but I am having problems.
When running the following command I receive an error message:
...
0
votes
1answer
26 views
To run python script when my Amazon instance boots up
Where should i place my script in amazon instance such that my script should run when my instance boots up?
I tried placing it in rc.local but it didnt help.
My script is about connecting to Amazon ...
0
votes
2answers
49 views
Email not being relayed from EC2 Amazon Linux Instance
I'm trying to send email from my EC2 instance.
Regardless of the target email address the SMTP service logs show that the email is sent but it never turns up on the remote server.
I've done a ...
0
votes
2answers
31 views
Some EBS devices have issues with ec2-attach-volume
While trying to attach a series of volumes to a set of devices, I have run into the following issue:
Some of the devices get stuck in an "infinite" state of attachment. (I do not already have volumes ...
0
votes
0answers
36 views
configure heartbeat HA on Amazon VPC instance
I'm trying to implement HA with Heartbeat (and monit) on two Amazon VPC instances.
I read many articles about it and I tried all possible options I can think of.
few articles I read (don't work for ...
-3
votes
1answer
32 views
Amazon AWS signup failing [closed]
I am from India and using my debit card for setting up the EC2 account. However, I am receiving a mail saying - We received an error while confirming the payment method associated with your Amazon Web ...
0
votes
0answers
31 views
cassandra compaction high load
Since last night I am seeing CPU load spikes on our cassandra boxes(Occasionally load goes up to 20, its a Amazon EC2 c1.xlarge with 300 iops EBS). After digging around a little I believe its related ...
0
votes
0answers
30 views
Adding second ENI to RHEL on EC2, takes network down
Background:
I have a RHEL instance on EC2 inside a VPC. This instance was created with the default ENI (eth0) on subnet 1. Now I have a situation where I am trying to add a second ENI (eth1) to this ...
0
votes
2answers
25 views
Geographical proximity based IP translation
I'm currently using Amazon's EC2 for my socket application to which mobile devices connect via an application I've written (it uses the server's IP address to connect).
I'm looking for a Load ...
0
votes
2answers
59 views
How to run a shell script on my amazon instance when it bootsup?
I have my amazon instance, i need to add a shell script to its rc.local file so that the shell script executes when i boot my instance.
how to set permission to my shell script in rc.local file?
if i ...
2
votes
1answer
41 views
Why did cloning my Amazon EC2 node set off automatically generating a new ssh host key pair?
My normal backup process is to create a new AMI from an EC2 instance I have running Amazon's linux. This is convenient because the EC2 console automatically shuts down the node , makes a copy and ...
0
votes
1answer
46 views
Unable to read S3 file from interactive pig job flow
I'm unable to read a simple test file on S3 from an interactive pig job flow (hadoop, elastic map reduce), and I'm not sure why.
I have two S3 buckets. Let's call them unmounted_bucket, and ...
0
votes
1answer
41 views
Xenserver: Pass parameters during VM build
On XenServer is there any way to read VM metadata (Custom fields, Tags, VM Name) from inside the VM using Linux (CentOS 5.8) ?
Basically what I want to do is:
Create new VM using
xe vm-install ...
0
votes
2answers
27 views
EBS IOPS First Use Penalty with snapshot volumes
When creating a Provisioned IOPS EBS volume (or any EBS volumes for that matter) from a snapshot, are the "First Use Penalty” effects avoided?
Are they only partially avoided (for the blocks that are ...
0
votes
0answers
48 views
SSH won't work after associating Elastic IP on Amazon Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit micro instance
This morning my EC2 and elastic IP were working fine. All of a sudden, all hell broke loose and my EC2 won't access through my elastic IP anymore. When I did a ssh -vvv I get
debug1: Connecting ...
2
votes
1answer
34 views
Need to run windows service and MySQL, what remote/cloud service options do I have? [closed]
As the title suggests, I need to set up MySQL database which can be accessed by two (or more) different sites. The only snag with this is that we need to run a windows service alongside it (this is a ...
0
votes
0answers
20 views
Difficulty installing elastic search plugin on ec2
I tried to install an elastic search plugin on an ec2 instance but I failed:
root@staging:~# sudo /usr/local/elasticsearch-0.19.12/bin/plugin -install ...
1
vote
1answer
46 views
amazon instance runs fine but extremely slow when logging in via ssh, webmail authentication
I'm running a large EC2 instance with ubuntu that is basically used to provide email services (IMAP, webmail access, etc) to some people.
This server was previously hosted somewhere else but was ...
0
votes
1answer
26 views
Limit access to an EC2 instance from different instances
I have an EC2 instance set up called Machine1. I specified the security group to be Group1. How can I allow access in Group1 to any machine that comes from an internal EC2 request? Do I have the ...
0
votes
1answer
28 views
Open ports between Elastic Beanstalk and one EC2 instance on AWS
I currently have the following setup:
An API (Node.JS) running using Elastic Beanstalk, which is currently only running one EC2 instance
A MongoDB instance running on a seperate EC2 instance
...
