notes

template id for debian template: lt-09e730fd0e1a9da54

command line

• How do you create as new instance from the command line from an instance template?
  • Launching an instance from a launch template - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
    • toward bottom of page, search for “Launching an instance from a launch template”
    • Go to the AWS CLI tab
      • follow instructions and examples there
      • launch debian template:
        • aws ec2 run-instances –launch-template LaunchTemplateId=lt-09e730fd0e1a9da54,Version=1
• How do you get a list of instances from EC2?
  • aws ec2 describe-instances
    • returns json

Perl api (paws distribution)

• Paws - A Perl SDK for AWS (Amazon Web Services) APIs - metacpan.org
• Sample code:

my $obj = Paws->service('EC2',
  region => 'us-east-1',
);

• Allocate a new ip address: my $res = $obj->AllocateAddress;

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