Download the zip files for the tools:
$ wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-api-tools.zip
$ wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-ami-tools.zip
Unzip the tools:
$ unzip ec2-api-tools.zip
$ unzip ec2-ami-tools.zip
This will give you some directories with version numbers appended.
Put them in a safe place:
$ mkdir /usr/local/ec2
$ cp -r ec2-ami-tools-1.3-34544/* /usr/local/ec2/
$ cp -r ec2-api-tools-1.3-42584/* /usr/local/ec2/
Install Java:
$ apt-get install sun-java6-jre
Edit the system-wide profile:
$ vi /etc/profile
Add the following to the file:
# EC2 Tools
export EC2_HOME=/usr/local/ec2
export PATH=$PATH:$EC2_HOME/bin
export JAVA_HOME=/usr
When someone logs in, their environment will be ready and raring
to go. Users can then issue commands such as:
$ ec2-describe-instances -K pk-HZF5F4JFK4ZCKLU6FCVW25DQSEHQQ4LH.pem -C cert-HZF5F4JFK4ZCKLU6FCVW25DQSEHQQ4LH.pem
