[03:02] <hekman> is there any way to give an alias to an instance so i can keep track of them?
[03:06] <flaccid> look up user data / meta data
[03:14] <hekman> will that let me change the instance name in the console?
[03:18] <flaccid> no it won't. not sure what the instance name is in the aws console. that could be separate from the API
[03:22] <hekman> yeah - i'm just trying to figure out the best way to tell what a particular instance is doing
[03:23] <hekman> total noob here
[03:27] <flaccid> 'what a particular instance is doing' ?
[03:34] <hekman> well - let's say i have 30 instances and there are about 5 different functions...how do i keep track?
[03:39] <erichammond> hekman: I often write down the instance id and its purpose in a text file.  What, specifically, are you looking to do beyond this?
[03:40] <hekman> erichammond: mostly i'm trying to wrap my head around managing large scale deployments
[03:41] <hekman> especially when you do auto-scaling, etc
[03:42] <erichammond> hekman: If you're just looking for a simple tag associated with each role, you can assign an extra security group to instances with the role name.  The security group does not need to have any special permissions.
[03:43] <hekman> that sounds like a decent approach
[03:43] <erichammond> hekman: Instances could also register themselves on startup with, say, SimpleDB
[03:43] <hekman> i could also use AMIs I guess
[03:43] <hekman> custom AMIs for each role
[03:44] <erichammond> hekman: Managing lots of different AMIs can be difficult, especially as you need to regularly release updated AMIs.
[12:18] <alonswartz> hey folks, is there are resource which lists the latest kernel and ramdisk images (aki/ari) for the official canonical/ubuntu images?
[12:19] <alonswartz> and ofcourse their versions
[12:20] <alonswartz> I compiled a list of what looks like the latest versions for the current LTS (Hardy) http://alonswartz.pastebin.com/H9CSdyUv but it would be useful to know their versions
[18:16] <erichammond> alonswartz (departed): I think this may be what you are looking for: http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/query/
[18:16] <erichammond> For example, Hardy is: http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/query/hardy/server/released.current.txt
[22:12] <ajaya> thx for the tip to find the current releases