NAME¶
euca2ools
—
eucalyptus command line client tools
DESCRIPTION¶
The euca2ools
suite is a set of command line tools that
interact with “Amazon Web Services” (AWS), Eucalyptus, and other
AWS-compatible clouds using the REST- and query-based APIs for numerous web
services.
The URL for each web service can be set with a
SERVICE-url region option, where
SERVICE is the name of the service, in a
euca2ools.ini(5) configuration file and then chosen with
the --region
command line option or the
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
environment variable.
Alternatively, the URL can be set at the command line or with an environment
variable that is specific to the service. Environment variables take
precedence over configuration file data.
euca2ools
are designed to make it as easy
as possible to work with multiple AWS-compatible clouds from the command
line using euca2ools.ini(5) configuration files, command
line options, and shortcuts.
NOTES¶
The “bootstrap” service, also known as the
“Empyrean” service, is specific to eucalyptus. Commands that
bundle images can optionally use it to obtain the cloud's signing certificate
automatically, provided the cloud runs eucalyptus 4.2 or later.