Tag Archives: ec2
AWS Configuration: AMI and Host Start Up
We have a custom AMI image we use for our servers based on the Ubuntu Server 8.04 image distributed by Alestic. We’ve added the packages needed for most of our servers, java, postfix, mysql, ruby, gems, apache, rails, and many … Continue reading
AWS Configuration: Admin Server
This is the second post in a series designed to describe our Amazon EC2 environment. Our environment uses a server, called the admin server, to provide NFS mounts. This server is a critical component in the architecture and does pose … Continue reading
AWS Configuration: Security Groups
This is the first post in a series designed to describe our Amazon EC2 environment. The first installment will cover our use of security groups. Security groups, or groups, are used to allow access to a server from a source. … Continue reading
What’s Missing from Amazon’s EC2 Service
Okay, if I was going to answer that, this article would be too long. There are a two key features missing that cause a bit of pain: Static internal IP addresses – They offer elastic IP addresses for external interface, … Continue reading
I/O Performance in Amazon’s EC2
In Amazon’s EC2 environment, users have 5 server configurations to choose from. The Small Instance and the High-CPU Medium Instance both list the value of Moderate for the I/O Performance, whereas the the other three instance types list High. So, … Continue reading
