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Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
PDF, , Other Digital Version Page 1
N/A

Please provide the source code. Python does not cut and paste well from digital formats.

 Sal Mangano
 		 Nov 15, 2011 
PDF Page 4
2nd paragraph

Very minor technical detail on installing `euca2ools` on Ubuntu. The `sudo apt-get` statement is missing `install`.

For clarity, it should read:

`sudo apt-get install -y euca2ools`

Not:

`sudo apt-get -y euca2ools`

 Benjamin Petersen  Feb 14, 2013 
Printed Page 35
code

*if len(rs) != 1:*

*raise ValueError('Unable to find instance: %s' % instance_id)*


This throws an error where 10 values are passed instead of 2, creating a
__dict__ error. Removing these 2 lines and putting in the following fixed
the problem:

if rs:
#Nested loop, for r in reservations: for each i in instances (each
instance in each reservation)
instances = [i for r in rs for i in r.instances]

for i in instances:
#If instance ID matches user provided instance ID, monitor instance
if i.id == instance_id:

 Anonymous  Mar 07, 2016 
Printed Page 35
code

*evaluationn_periods=eval_periods* *should be*
*evaluation_periods=eval_periods*

'and

*alarm_actions=[topic_arn]* *should be* *alarm_action=[topic_arn]*

 Anonymous  Mar 07, 2016