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When you're updating packages it seems to me that you have to create a new bundle to be able to use the new version of the package. Bundle version management seemed not to work either: when I created a new version of the bundle it didn't show any relationship with the old bundle in the bundle explorer.

This took me some time to figure out, so maybe it should be done automatically:

When you change the firewall settings of an ec2 instance through the admin console, nothing happens (e.g. I couldn't connect to port 8080). After confirming with telnet or wget that the server is doing fine, I suspected the firewall.

$ sudo su -
$ shorewall stop; shorewall start

Put the last command on a single line, you might not get the chance to issue start after shorewall is stopped...

Make it possible edit the root directory for a package without having to upload the archive again. I couldn't find this option and it is inefficient to have to wait for the upload again when you have made a mistake. (you could include a boot script with a mv in it, but that seems a bit silly)

Please verify that you included mysql server in your elastic server, not just a mysql client.

MySQL server is installed with empty root password, so you can use mysqladmin tool to manage it.

% mysqladmin help
% mysqladmin create database_name
% mysqladmin password new-password
etc

Once you set the root password, you will call mysqladmin like this:
% mysqladmin -uroot -p create database_name2
(it will prompt for mysql root password)

There are some great tools that are simple to install and will give you instant mount access to your elastic server's filesystem under OSX.

First, visit http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ and download the latest release of MacFUSE.

Then, get the MacFusion GUI. I recommend the latest beta, which can be gotten here: http://macfusionapp.org/trac

Download both disk images and install them (you may have to reboot after installing MacFusion). To use, simply start MacFusion and click the + to add a new mount. Fill in the ip address of your server, username, and password, and name the mount. Once it's done you will see a disk mounted in OSX just like any other volume. The magic happens behind the scenes, as MacFuse creates a filesystem over ssh. You can even control where OSX will mount the volume, for example under /Volumes/myvm. This gives you easy access from the terminal, as well.

This is a great way to use your Elastic Server as a development box, by running your editor directly on top of that filesystem. Enjoy!