I think the key to working with an AWS box is to get the image right. Today it took me a few minutes to realize that I had picked the wrong image for me. I wanted my image to have “yum” ready to go. I love the idea of typing “yum install java” and having Fedora install Java for everybody.
I love simplicity and tools that save us time. An AWS box makes some things really simple: you don’t need physical space (no server room needed), you can manage it remotely from the start, you can bring up images within minutes, you can switch images within minutes (Fedora 4, to Fedora 8, to Ubuntu, to whatever you want), you can choose between Windows and Linux.
There are many advantages, but the one that does it for me is that it saves time. It took me one hour to get signed up, install the tools and start my first instance. These days, that is priceless.
I can install Apache: yum install httpd
And I already have a web server running: apachectl start
That’s it! We now have a new development environment.
Sure, in the long run; it’s probably less expensive to have your own boxes in your own physical location (or is it?)
working with Amazon Web Services
I think the key to working with an AWS box is to get the image right. Today it took me a few minutes to realize that I had picked the wrong image for me. I wanted my image to have “yum” ready to go. I love the idea of typing “yum install java” and having Fedora install Java for everybody.
I love simplicity and tools that save us time. An AWS box makes some things really simple: you don’t need physical space (no server room needed), you can manage it remotely from the start, you can bring up images within minutes, you can switch images within minutes (Fedora 4, to Fedora 8, to Ubuntu, to whatever you want), you can choose between Windows and Linux.
There are many advantages, but the one that does it for me is that it saves time. It took me one hour to get signed up, install the tools and start my first instance. These days, that is priceless.
I can install Apache: yum install httpd
And I already have a web server running: apachectl start
That’s it! We now have a new development environment.
Sure, in the long run; it’s probably less expensive to have your own boxes in your own physical location (or is it?)