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diff --git a/README_AWS.md b/README_AWS.md index 2602f9883..c0f2bce75 100644 --- a/README_AWS.md +++ b/README_AWS.md @@ -14,13 +14,25 @@ Create a credentials file export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='AKIASTUFF' export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='STUFF' ``` - 1. source this file ``` source ~/.aws_creds ``` +Note: You must source this file in each shell that you want to run cloud.rb + + +(Optional) Setup your $HOME/.ssh/config file +------------------------------------------- +In case of a cluster creation, or any other case where you don't know the machine hostname in advance, you can use '.ssh/config' +to setup a private key file to allow ansible to connect to the created hosts. + +To do so, add the the following entry to your $HOME/.ssh/config file and make it point to the private key file which allows you to login on AWS. +''' +Host *.compute-1.amazonaws.com + PrivateKey $HOME/.ssh/my_private_key.pem +''' -1. Note: You must source this file in each shell that you want to run cloud.rb +Alternatively, you can configure your ssh-agent to hold the credentials to connect to your AWS instances. Install Dependencies |