48.6. Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2: Windows Instances

Using Amazon EC2 instances running Windows is similar to using instances running Linux and UNIX. The following are the major differences between instances that use Linux or UNIX and Windows:

As part of this service, Amazon EC2 instances can now run Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Our base Windows image provides you with most of the common functionality associated with Windows. However, if you require more than two concurrent Windows users or need to leverage applications that require LDAP, Kerberos, RADIUS, or other credential services, you must use Windows with Authentication Services. For example, Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint Server require Windows with Authentication Services.

[Note] Note

To get started using Windows instances, we recommend using the AWS Management Console. There are differences in pricing between Windows and Windows with Authentication Services instances. For information on pricing, go to the Amazon EC2 Product Page.

Amazon EC2 currently provides the following Windows AMIs:

The Windows public AMIs that Amazon provides are unmodified versions of Windows with the following two exceptions: we added drivers to improve the networking and disk I/O performance and we created the Amazon EC2 configuration service. The Amazon EC2 configuration service performs the following functions:

48.6.1. Windows Instances Usage

Example 48.22. Bundles an Amazon EC2 instance running Windows

bundle() has three require paramters and one optional

  • instanceId The instance you want to bundle

  • s3Bucket Where you want the ami to live on S3

  • s3Prefix The prefix you want to assign to the AMI on S3

  • uploadExpiration The expiration of the upload policy. Amazon recommends 12 hours or longer. This is based in nubmer of minutes. Default is 1440 minutes (24 hours)

bundle() returns a multi-demential array that contains instanceId, bundleId, state, startTime, updateTime, progress s3Bucket and s3Prefix.

$ec2_instance = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Instance_Windows('aws_key',
                                                     'aws_secret_key');
$return = $ec2_instance->bundle('instanceId', 's3Bucket', 's3Prefix');

Example 48.23. Describes current bundling tasks

describeBundle() Describes current bundling tasks

describeBundle() returns a multi-demential array that contains instanceId, bundleId, state, startTime, updateTime, progress s3Bucket and s3Prefix.

$ec2_instance = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Instance_Windows('aws_key',
                                                     'aws_secret_key');
$return = $ec2_instance->describeBundle('bundleId');

Example 48.24. Cancels an Amazon EC2 bundling operation

cancelBundle() Cancels an Amazon EC2 bundling operation

cancelBundle() returns a multi-demential array that contains instanceId, bundleId, state, startTime, updateTime, progress s3Bucket and s3Prefix.

$ec2_instance = new Zend_Service_Amazon_Ec2_Instance_Windows('aws_key',
                                                     'aws_secret_key');
$return = $ec2_instance->cancelBundle('bundleId');