Technical Note: [Accelops KB] How to get Amazon EC2 API Tools on an AO instance

[Andy_G]

Description

Summary

How do I get Amazon EC2 API Tools on my AO instance?

Resolution

If you are using Amazon Linux image for the NFS server as per our install document, the tools should already be installed. You can automate the generation of snapshots for all machines/volumes from the NFS server.

If you still want to download the tools onto an AO box, you can download it from here:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-api-tools.zip

AWS already provides documentation for the tools here:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/SettingUp_CommandLine.html

Refer also to the Installing AccelOps Virtual Appliance in AWSsection of the User's Guide.