Attaching and mounting existing EBS volume to EC2 instance filesystem issue
linux,ubuntu,amazon-web-services,amazon-ec2,amazon-ebs
Your mount command must specify the existing filesystem type. The mount command is non-destructive so it is not to be confused with accidentally reformatting your already formatted EBS Volume. Known Filesystem Type Use this command to mount it if your filesystem type is ext4: sudo mount /dev/xvdf /vol -t ext4...
How to get PHP site live on amazone EC2 instance?
php,amazon-web-services,amazon-ec2,amazon-ebs
In AWS Route 53. You need to create an A type record in you hosted zone. Click on Create Record Set and in the right panel use the following values: Name: <leave blank> Type: A - IPv4 address Value: <your elastic ip> Then hit Create button. If you want www.example.com...
What happens with data when I stop EBS backed instances
amazon-web-services,amazon-ec2,amazon-ebs
When you stop an instance, data on Ephemeral storage is deleted. Data on EBS volumes are preserved as they exist independent of the host. Ephemeral storage is a hard drive attached to the host machine. Since your instance does not maintain affinity with the host when stopped, you wont retain...
Amazon EC2 unexpected billing amount
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Billing information is available from the account menu (in the top-right, next to the Region menu). It will display a simple breakdown of charges by service: More detailed billing information is available by clicking the "Bill Details" link (in the top-right). It will show a breakdown of charges by service...
Can I migrate between EC2 instance types using the same EBS volume to boot off of?
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You can change the existing EC2 instance between t2.small and t2.medium as needed. Sign-in to the AWS Management Console, EC2 section Stop your EC2 instance Change the instance type to the desired instance type Restart the EC2 instance Note that if your EC2 instance is in EC2-Classic (ie. not inside...
Issue Creating EC2 with Provisioned iops EBS
Every Account has a limited number of IOPS that can be attached to the volumes.I think the limit per account is set to 10000. This may be the reason why your instances are getting terminated. Check for all volumes that you already have IOPS associated and add them up to...
AWS Automatic Attach EBS Volume to EC2 Instances behind an Elastic Beanstalk
amazon-web-services,amazon-ec2,amazon-ebs,amazon-elb
S3 is a fine way to do it: your application creates the file, uploads to S3, removes the file from the local filesystem, and hands a URL to access the file back to the client. Totally reasonable. Why you can't use ephemeral storage for this. Instance store-backed instances have additional...
Do Amazon EBS snapshots retain deleted data?
amazon-ec2,filesystems,amazon-ebs,undelete
Yes - I would be extremely surprised if they didn't. The EBS snapshots are block-level snapshots so they will capture everything, regardless of the logical state of the file system similar to a hard disk image.
AWS Auto Scaling Launch Configuration Encrypted EBS Cloud Formation Example
encryption,amazon-web-services,amazon-ec2,amazon-cloudformation,amazon-ebs
There is no such property for some strange reason when using launch configurations, however it is there when using blockdevicemappings with simple EC2 instances. See launchconfig-blockdev vs ec2-blockdev So you'll either have to use simple instances instead of autoscaling groups, or you can try this workaround: SnapshotIds are accepted for...
How to transfer files from iPhone to EC2 instance or EBS?
ios,iphone,amazon-ec2,amazon-s3,amazon-ebs
Allowing an app to write directly to an instance file system is a non starter, short of treating it as a network drive which would be pretty convoluted, not to mention the security issues youll almost certainly have. This really is what s3 is there for. You say you are...