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bdmapping: utility for providing the correct block-device-mapping args for ebs instances on EC2
#!/bin/sh
Usage() {
cat <<EOF
${0##*/} [-c] instance-type
print ephemeral store block-device-mapping arguments for 'instance-type'
If '-c' given, also print "--instance-type <instance-type>"
examples:
* ${0##*/} m1.large
--block-device-mapping=sdb=ephemeral0 --block-device-mapping=sdc=ephemeral1
* ec2-run-instances \$(${0##*/} -c m1.xlarge) --key mykey ami-c692ec94
is the same as running:
ec2-run-instances --block-device-mapping=sdb=ephemeral0 \\
--block-device-mapping=sdc=ephemeral1 --instance-type=m1.large \\
--key mykey ami-c692ec94
EOF
}
[ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" ] && { Usage; exit 0; }
print_type=0
[ "$1" = "-c" ] && { print_type=1; shift; }
[ $# -eq 1 ] || { Usage 1>&2; exit 1; }
itype=${1}
# data cleaned from from http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
# t1.micro NONE # m2.2xlarge 850 # c1.xlarge 1690
# m1.small 160 # m1.large 850 # m1.xlarge 1690
# c1.medium 350 # cc1.4xlarge 1690 # cc1.4xlarge 1690
# m2.xlarge 420 # m2.4xlarge 1690 # cg1.4xlarge 1690
bdmaps=""
ba="--block-device-mapping="
case "${itype}" in
t1.micro) bdmaps="";; # there is no ephemeral store on t1.micro
m1.small|c1.medium)
bdmaps="";; # the first on i386 always attached. sda2=ephemeral0
m2.xlarge) bdmaps="${ba}sdb=ephemeral0";; # one 420 for m2.xlarge
m1.large|m2.2xlarge|cg1.*|cc1.*)
bdmaps="${ba}sdb=ephemeral0 ${ba}sdc=ephemeral1";;
m1.xlarge|m2.4xlarge|c1.xlarge)
bdmaps="${ba}sdb=ephemeral0 ${ba}sdc=ephemeral1"
bdmaps="${bdmaps} ${ba}sdd=ephemeral2 ${ba}sde=ephemeral3";;
*) echo "unknown instance type $itype" 1>&2; exit 1;;
esac
[ ${print_type} -eq 0 ] && echo "${bdmaps}" ||
echo "${bdmaps} --instance-type=${itype}"
exit 0
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mlin commented Sep 4, 2012

Thanks for this. The mappings for m2.2xlarge and m2.4xlarge don't appear to be correct/current. http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/InstanceStorage.html

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