[cs615asa] EC2 tools already installed on linux-lab.cs.stevens.edu

[lbustama]

Just wanted to let those of you  using the tools already installed on 
linux-lab under '/opt/ec2tools-1.3' and '/opt/ec2tools-1.4' that that 
authentication using X.509 certificate and private key authentication is 
now deprecated on the latest release of the command line tools 1.6.6.3. 
This is explained under "Tell the Tools Who You Are" in 
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/SettingUp_CommandLine.html

"Although we don’t encourage it, for a limited time you can still use 
EC2_PRIVATE_KEY and EC2_CERT instead of AWS_ACCESS_KEY and 
AWS_SECRET_KEY. For more information, see Deprecated Options in Common 
Options for API Tools in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud CLI Reference. 
If you specify both sets of credentials, the command line tools use the 
access key ID and secret access key"

also from the man page of ec2-launch-images

"Deprecated Options
For a limited time, you can still use the private key and X.509 
certificate instead of your access key ID and secret access key. 
However, we recommend that you start using your access key ID (-O, 
--aws-access-key) and secret access key (-W, --aws-secret-key) now, as 
the private key (-K, --private-key) and X.509 certificate (-C, --cert) 
won't be supported after the transition period elapses. For more 
information, see Tell the Tools Who You Are.

Option Description
-K, --private-key EC2-PRIVATE-KEY
  The private key to use when constructing requests to Amazon EC2.

Default: The value of the EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable.

Example: -K pk-HKZYKTAIG2ECMXYIBH3HXV4ZBEXAMPLE.pem

-C, --cert EC2-CERT
  The X.509 certificate to use when constructing requests to Amazon EC2.

Default: The value of the EC2_CERT environment variable.

Example: -C cert-HKZYKTAIG2ECMXYIBH3HXV4ZBEXAMPLE.pem"

Luis