Using sudo, ssh, rsync on the Official Ubuntu Images for EC2
The official Ubuntu images for EC2 do not allow ssh directly to the root account, but instead provide access through a normal “ubuntu” user account. This practice fits the standard Ubuntu security...
View ArticleConference – Amazon AWS summit 2012
Keys Your Future with the AWS Cloud and The 7 Transformations of Cloud Computing Suggested Reading Overview of Amazon Web Services (PDF) The Economics of the AWS Cloud vs. Owned IT Infrastructure...
View ArticleFix VsFTP – FTP Passive Mode Problems on Amazon EC2 Instances
For a while I was forced to connect to FTP (an installation of VSFTP) on our EC2 server using Active mode, because passive mode refused to work. While this is OK for FTP clients that can be configured...
View ArticleCopy Contents in S3 Bucket Between AWS Accounts with S3cmd
First, download s3cmd download from http://s3tools.org/s3cmd and install: $ cd s3cmd $ sudo python setup.py install The following command will prompt you for your S3 key and secret. The prompt for...
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