NAME

VM::EC2::Spot::LaunchSpecification - Object describing an Amazon EC2 spot instance launch specification

SYNOPSIS

See "SPOT INSTANCES" in VM::EC2, and VM::EC2::Spot::InstanceRequest.

DESCRIPTION

This object represents an Amazon EC2 spot instance launch specification, which is returned by a VM::EC2::Spot::InstanceRequest object's launchSpecification() method. It provides information about the spot instance request.

METHODS

These object methods are supported:

 imageId           -- the ID of the image to be used for the request
 keyName           -- the ssh keyname for instances created by the request
 groupSet          -- a list of VM::EC2::Group objects representing the launch 
                      groups for spot instances created under this request.
 addressingType    -- Deprecated and undocumented, but present in the EC2 API
 instanceType      -- type of instances created by the request
 placement         -- availability zone for instances created by the request
 kernelId          -- kernel ID to be used for instances launched by the request
 ramdiskId         -- ramdisk ID to be used for instances launched by the request
 blockDeviceMapping -- List of VM::EC2::BlockDevice::Mapping objects describing
                      the block devices to be attached to instances launched by the
                      request.
 monitoring        -- A true value if detailed monitoring was requested for these
                      instances.
 subnetId          -- Subnet ID in which to place instances launched under this
                      request (VPC only).

SEE ALSO

VM::EC2 VM::EC2::Generic VM::EC2::Spot::InstanceRequest VM::EC2::Error

AUTHOR

Lincoln Stein <lincoln.stein@gmail.com>.

Copyright (c) 2011 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

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