1EUCA-RUN-INSTANCES(1) User Commands EUCA-RUN-INSTANCES(1)
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6 euca-run-instances - Eucalyptus tool: Starts instances.
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9 Starts instances.
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11 euca-run-instances [-n, --instance-count count] [-g, --group
12 group_name] [-k, --keypair keyname] [-d user_data] [-f user_data_file]
13 [--addressing addressing] [-t, --instance-type instance_type] [-z,
14 --availability-zone zone] [--kernel kernel_id] [--ramdisk ramdisk_id]
15 [-b block_device_mapping] [--monitor] [-s, --subnet subnet_id] [--dis‐
16 able-api-termination] [--instanceinitiatedshutdown-behavior behavior]
17 [-h, --help] [--version] [--debug] image_id
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19 REQUIRED PARAMETERS
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21 image_id identifier for the image to
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26 -n, --instance-count Number of instances to run.
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28 -g, --group Security group to run the
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32 keypair to associate with this reservation. -d, --user-data
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47 --kernel Id of the kernel to be used to
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81 --version Display the version of this tool.
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91euca-run-instances Version: 1.2J(uBlSyD)2010 EUCA-RUN-INSTANCES(1)