Tor has an account on Amazon EC2 and can grant its developers access to that account to crunch some Tor descriptors, run a simulation, or perform other tasks that laptops were not meant to do and that real servers would be too cumbersome to set up.
Tor has an account on Amazon EC2 and can grant its developers access to that account to crunch some Tor descriptors, run a simulation, or perform other tasks that laptops were not meant to do and that real servers would be too cumbersome to set up.
== Getting started ==
## Getting started
If you are a Tor developer and would like to use EC2, you should follow these steps:
If you are a Tor developer and would like to use EC2, you should follow these steps:
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- Try not to spend more than $30 per month on EC2, or ask your team lead for permission first. If you need a virtual machine for running a service, you should instead ask the sysadmins to create one for you.
- Try not to spend more than $30 per month on EC2, or ask your team lead for permission first. If you need a virtual machine for running a service, you should instead ask the sysadmins to create one for you.
- Watch out for unused resources you requested and shut them down as early as possible.
- Watch out for unused resources you requested and shut them down as early as possible.
1. Request credentials from [mailto:karsten@torproject.org Karsten] by email. Please include a description what you'd want to do on EC2. Karsten may need to get approval for creating your account, so this may take a few days. Fortunately, you only need to do this once.
1. Request credentials from [mailto:karsten@torproject.org Karsten] by email. Please include a description what you'd want to do on EC2. Karsten may need to get approval for creating your account, so this may take a few days. Fortunately, you only need to do this once.
1. Once you have user credentials, [https://torproject.signin.aws.amazon.com/console log into AWS] and change your password. You now have access to Tor's EC2 account.
1. Once you have user credentials, [log into AWS](https://torproject.signin.aws.amazon.com/console) and change your password. You now have access to Tor's EC2 account.
== Create SSH key pairs ==
## Create SSH key pairs
First thing to do once you've logged in is to create/add an SSH key. Once you've selected a location, do the following:
First thing to do once you've logged in is to create/add an SSH key. Once you've selected a location, do the following:
