amazon ec2

Fri, 04/08/2011 - 12:40

Less than 5 Minute Aegir Slave Server on Amazon EC2 - Bash Script and Notes

I've started using Amazon EC2 with Aegir's multiple server setup and its sweeeet.  I can add a new server to my Aegir setup in like 2 minutes.

My bash script

Here is the script: http://pastebin.com/hHnTDtzs

I've tested this script with ami-3e02f257.   These are its specs:

  • Ubuntu 10.04
  • 32bit
  • EBS Store (allows this to be "micro" compatable and easy to backup/clone.)

I don't see why the script wouldn't work with x64... I just didn't test that.

What it does

You can read through the script and see all the commads that it does but here is a quick summary:

  • Runs apt-get update and upgrade
  • Installs everything you need plus git and nano
  • Forces php to be 5.2 rather than 5.3 using approach #3 here.
  • Does almost everything you need to do in the manual aegir install for using the server as an slave host.  Sets memory limits, comments bind-address, creates aegir user, creates aegir_root mysql user, etc...
  • Installs pecl uploadprogress
  • Installs Dru
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Sat, 04/02/2011 - 14:25

Notes on Installing Aegir on Amazons EC2

Update 1 - April 5th 2011:  I modified some user creation items, they were completely wack.

Yesterday I updated my main aegir site to 1.0-RC3 and about 10 minutes after I was done I got my monthly bill from Linode.  I had forgotten how big its grown.  I've been adding more and more sites to my server and needed more memory and hard drive space.  Linode makes it sooo stink'n easy to add on more stuff that its grown to the point that I should probably be doing something different. ...Read more...