euca-run-instances(1)
NAME
euca-run-instances - Eucalyptus tool: Starts instances.
DESCRIPTION
Starts instances.
euca-run-instances [-n, --instance-count count] [-g, --group
group_name] [-k, --keypair keyname] [--addressing addressing] [-t,
--instance-type instance_type] [-z, --availability-zone zone] [--kernel
kernel_id] [--ramdisk ramdisk_id] [-h, --help] [--version] [--debug]
image_id
REQUIRED PARAMETERS
image_id identifier for the image to run.
OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
-n, --instance-count Number of instances to run.
-g, --group Security group to run the instance
under.
-k, --keypair Name of a (previously created) keypair
to associate with this reservation.
-d, --user-data User data for instances read from the
command line.
-f, --user-data-file User data for instances as a filename.
--addressing Addressing mode (e.g., private).
-t, --instance-type VM Image type to run the instance(s) as
(default: m1.small).
-z, --availability-zone Availability zone to run the
instance(s) in.
--kernel Id of the kernel to be used to launch
instance(s).
--ramdisk Id of the ramdisk to be used to launch
instance(s).
-a, --access-key user's Access Key ID.
-s, --secret-key user's Secret Key.
-U, --url URL of the Cloud to connect to.
-h, --help Display this help message.
--version Display the version of this tool.
--debug Turn on debugging.
Euca2ools will use the environment variables EC2_URL, EC2_ACCESS_KEY,
EC2_SECRET_KEY, EC2_CERT, EC2_PRIVATE_KEY, S3_URL, EUCALYPTUS_CERT by
default.
SEE ALSO
- The full documentation for euca-run-instances is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and euca-run-instances programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
- info euca-run-instances
- should give you access to the complete manual.