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Basically, the first thing that needs to be done is add a new step to Buildbot's build process    [http://matrix. Once a new step has been added, the next step is to make this new build step access my EC2 accountsenecac. on.ca/~awdelyea/EC2_build_step_nokeys.py EC2_build_step_nokeys.py]

After I can actually access my EC2 account through Buildbot, then a possible next step would be     Note: You will need to make Buildbot check to see if I have any open Virtual Instances running already (no point in starting another instance if ones running already)install the boto library located [http://boto.googlecode.com/files/boto-0.9a.tar.gz here].

For ==== About ==== Basically, this, Buildbot would need to run a service on the OS first version attempts to constantly check connect to see if an instance is approaching EC2 account, and then display the 1 hour markconnection information to show that it has connected. It uses a library called "boto", and not running any build slavesthis library is used to connect to all of [http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse. Not quite sure how Ihtml?node=3435361 Amazon'd do thats Web Services] To use this in a Buildbot configuration file, simply call the connect_to_ec2() function, but it's something to keep which takes in mindas paramaters, an Amazon id key, and an Amazon secret key. Example:<pre> connection = connect_to_ec2("73ghf9h38fh", "75vo87rVO*&V%O7o75v7i%i75I&5li7%i75")</pre> ---- 

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<td style="background-color: redgreen; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: bigger">HighDone</td> <td>Adam Delyea</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><ul><li>[http://code.google.com/p/boto/ Boto Amazon Web Services Library in Python]</li><li>[http://jimmyg.org/2007/09/01/amazon-ec2-for-people-who-prefer-debian-and-python-over-fedora-and-java/ Amazon-ec2-for-people-who-prefer-debian-and-python-over-fedora-and-java]</li></ul></td> </tr>  <tr> <td>Start new instances</td> <td>Allow Buildbot to spawn an instance on demand.</td> <td style="background-color: yellow; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: bigger">Medium</td> <td>Adam Delyea</td> <td>In Progress, On Track</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr>  <tr> <td>Add new instances to build slave list</td> <td>Allow newly created EC2 instances to be added to the build slave list</td> <td style="background-color: yellow; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: bigger">Medium</td> <td>Adam Delyea</td> <td>In Progress, On Track</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Start a new build on an EC2 instance</td> <td>Allow Buildbot to successfully start a build using a build slave on an EC2 instance</td> <td style="background-color: yellow; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: bigger">Medium</td>

<td><ul><li>[http://code.google.com/p/boto/ Boto Amazon Web Services Library in Python]</li><li>[http://jimmyg.org/2007/09/01/amazon-ec2-for-people-who-prefer-debian-and-python-over-fedora-and-java/ Amazon-ec2-for-people-who-prefer-debian-and-python-over-fedora-and-java]</li></ul>&nbsp;</td>