How to Run Windows & IIS in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

re: How to Run Windows & IIS in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:51:41 GMT

Another interesting short storry could be how to install your own applications and save this to your own AMI, to have a own server on demand.

is there a tutorial somewhere, that is as easy as this (great) one ?

cheers

Ralf

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re: How to Run Windows & IIS in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:27:02 GMT

is "bills" calculation correct? My understanding is that you are only charged CPU time when your CPU is actually working.....much like your electric meter on your house. CPU's work for fractions of seconds at a time to accomplish tasks.

If that is the case, it is overstating the costs to assume that the CPU will be in use at all times. Sure, there may be times when it is, but middle of the night?

Is that correct?

re: How to Run Windows & IIS in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:51:39 GMT

Can anyone explain me about how the ASP.NET application files stored in Amazon EC2 and how to upload the image files dynamically to Amazon S3. And explain me how Amazon EC2, Amazon SimpleDB and Amazon S3 linked each other.

re: How to Run Windows & IIS in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

qbernard — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:26:10 GMT

really in 15mins ? looks longer than that :)

re: How to Run Windows & IIS in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:41:52 GMT

FYI - Mosso is part of Rackspace Cloud Hosting division and offers Windows Server 2008/IIS7. Also they allow you to run PHP5 Linux/Apache servers as well. Your choice. And there is no need to add servers at peak times, this is done automatically. So you only pay for what you need, when you need it.

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Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:29:22 GMT

Thank you, an excellent article, wish I had found it sooner, but it still saved me time. Excellent, excellent, Excellent !!!

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re: How to Run Windows & IIS in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:32:49 GMT

I received this tidbit from an Amazon Web Services representative when inquiring about Windows Server 2008.

"Thank you for contacting Amazon Web Services. Although we are currently only able to support Windows Sever 2003, we are working to add support for Windows Server 2008 also. We anticipate being able to offer Windows Server 2008 early this year, although there are no specific dates I can provide at this point. Thank you for your interest in Amazon EC2."

re: How to Run Windows & IIS in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:28:08 GMT

interested in this.. does it apply to users from Asia as well?

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Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:06:18 GMT

thanks.

re: How to Run Windows & IIS in the Cloud on Amazon EC2 (in 15 mins)

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:09:13 GMT

The problem with their service is that if the instance fails for whatever reason, all data on the instance is wiped out. You need to use Elastic Block Storage for any data you want to hang around if and when the instance blows up. Elastic Block Storage is an additional expense, and it is slower than the disks (it gets charged on both data storage per month, and I/O calls). So you need to create a volume of Elastic Block Storage and associate it to the instance.

To get set up properly you need to create an instance and configure the OS exactly how you need it, then image that instance. Then you need to buy some Elastic IP addresses, or when and if the instance blows up you get randomly reassigned a new IP address. This is also an additional expense. Furthermore, there is no means to automatically map the IP to the instance, or have the instance automatically reset itself and reload its image if and when it dies.

This is not a reliable solution for anything but an off-site development workstation at this time. It is not viable for a production system.