FFE - amazon ec2-api-tools

[Martin Pool]

It would be nice if Ubuntu packaged the Amazon EC2 API tools <http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=368&categoryID=88>.

They depend on a java jre and work with openjdk-6.

They are non-free but under a licence <http://aws.amazon.com/asl/> that seems on brief scanning to allow multiverse type distribution.

Ubuntu already has the ec2-ami-tools which I think are under the same licence.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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[Robert Collins (lifeless)]

http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=351 seems to be a better URL for api-tools

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Amazon has recently licensed their ec2-api-tools to allow it to be redistributable. Unfortunately, they have licensed it like the ec2-ami-tools so these will have to be found in universe as well. I have packaged it this morning and I am now asking for a FFE for it. The reason for the FFE is to make life easier for Amazon EC2 users and important step for Ubuntu in the cloud.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

what does this offer over what we currently offer?

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

Afaik Ubuntu does not offer any client for this API at all at present. This API lets you create, delete, start, stop, snapshot etc Elastic Compute Cloud virtual machines.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Approved. Go ahead.

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

I accepted this and put into multiverse, as I assume that is what Chuck meant. If this is in error, let me know.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

I discussed it with him. He knew it would land in Multiverse.