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CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
A Simple Plone Setup on Amazon EC2
David [email protected]
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
About Me● First Degree in Zoology (Marine etc...)● Discovered Open Source and Plone a few years ago● work @ the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication● Tinkering with EC2 for a few months● Founding partner ●
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
You and EC2● Do you know what it is?● Are you using EC2?
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Overview● Parts● Methodology● Other Considerations
● Improvements● Other Approaches● Operating Costs● Future
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CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Background:What is EC2?
● The Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a system that makes it possible to run instances of an operating system on virtual infrastructure provided by Amazon.
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Background:Benefits of EC2
● Scale when you need to● Time● Quantity● Power
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● Manage programmatically via their API
● Usecase: Customer Service App that runs on Working Hours
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Background:How it works
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● Run a Virtual Machine● Amazon meters your usage● Pay for the time you use
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Background:Goals of the SPLEC
● An easy to deploy, persistent Plone solution for EC2● Fast Setup - from zero to startup really quickly
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Glossary of Acronyms● EC2 – Elastic Compute Cloud● EBS – Elastic Block Storage● S3 – Simple Storage Service● AMI – Amazon Machine Image●
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
The Parts● Amazon Web Services● EC2 API/tools● Plone● Buildout● Shell Scripts
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Methodology● Tool Preparation● Launch AMI● Setup Elastic IP and DNS● Setup EBS● Run Deploy Scripts●
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Methodology:Tool Preparation
● Default Tools:● Need Java● Setup Variables● X.509 Certificate
● EC2_HOME=~/ec2-api-tools● PATH=$PATH:$EC2_HOME/bin/● export PATH● export EC2_HOME● export EC2_CERT=~/.ec2/cert-...xxx6.pem● export EC2_PRIVATE_KEY=~/.ec2/pk-..xxM6.pem● export JAVA_HOME=/usr
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Methodology:Tool Preparation – Elasticfox
● or Elasticfox●
● Needs:● Access Key● Secret Access Key●
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Methodology:Tool Preparation
● Default Tools Need Java● Setup Variables
● EC2_HOME=~/ec2-api-tools● PATH=$PATH:$EC2_HOME/bin/● export PATH● export EC2_HOME● export EC2_CERT=~/.ec2/cert-...xxx6.pem● export EC2_PRIVATE_KEY=~/.ec2/pk-..xxM6.pem● export JAVA_HOME=/usr
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Methodology:Setup Elastic IP and DNS
● Allocate an IP address● ec2-allocate-address ●
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Methodology:Launch AMI
● Select an AMI● Launch it (Use a secure keypair)●
● ec2-add-keypair supersecure-keypair > supersecure-key● ec2-run-instances ami-1cd73375 -k supersecure-key●
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Methodology:Associate IP
● ec2-associate-address 75.xx.xx.119 -i i-9aa905f3
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Methodology:Setup EBS
● Configure Elastic Block Storage● Mount on Instance● Format ?
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Methodology:Deploy Plone
● Run Shell Scripts that Deploy Plone
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Other Considerations● Other Considerations
● Other Approaches● Operating Costs -
http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/calc5.html● Improvements● Future
CARIMACUniversity of the West Indies
at MonaJamaica
Resources● Ubuntu and Debian AMIs - http://alestic.com/●
