ReleaseEngineering/How To/Start RPM Ubuntu Packager Instances

How to start the RPM and Ubuntu packager instances on Amazon EC2 from the command-line

$ ssh buildduty@aws-manager1.srv.releng.scl3.mozilla.com
$ source /builds/aws_manager/bin/activate
$ cd /builds/aws_manager
# start ubuntu packager
$ python cloud-tools/scripts/aws_manage_instances.py start ubuntu64packager1
# start RPM packager
$ python cloud-tools/scripts/aws_manage_instances.py start rpmpackager1

You can also specify 'stop' and 'status' in place of 'start'.

See also: ReleaseEngineering/PuppetAgain/HowTo/Build_RPMs