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+# Before running, you will need to download the EC2 tools from http://aws.amazon.com/developertools/351
+# and then setup your EC2_HOME and PATH variables (or similar):
+# 
+# unzip ec2-api-tools.zip
+# cd ec2-api-tools-*
+# 
+# # Setup environment for ec2-api-tools
+# export EC2_HOME=`pwd`
+# echo "EC2_HOME=`pwd`" >> ~/.bash_profile
+# echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$EC2_HOME/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile
+# source ~/.bash_profile
+
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY=
+AWS_SECRET_KEY=
+
+# Create a keypair for our servers
+ec2-create-keypair druid-keypair > druid-keypair
+chmod 0600 druid-keypair
+mv druid-keypair ~/.ssh/
+
+# Create a security group for our servers
+ec2-create-group druid-group -d "Druid Cluster"
+
+# Create rules that allow necessary services in our group
+# SSH from outside
+ec2-authorize druid-group -P tcp -p 22
+# Enable all traffic within group
+ec2-authorize druid-group -P tcp -p 1-65535 -o druid-group
+ec2-authorize druid-group -P udp -p 1-65535 -o druid-group
+
+# Use ami ami-e7582d8e - Alestic Ubuntu 12.04 us-east
+ec2-run-instances ami-e7582d8e -n 1 -g druid-group -k druid-keypair --instance-type m1.small
+ec2-describe-instances
+
+# Get hostname and ssh with the key we created, and ssh there
+INSTANCE_ADDRESS=`ec2-describe-instances|grep 'INSTANCE'|cut -f4` && echo $INSTANCE_ADDRESS
+ssh -i ~/.ssh/druid-keypair -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ubuntu@${INSTANCE_ADDRESS} <<\EOI
+  # Install dependencies - mysql and Java, and setup druid db
+  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+  sudo apt-get -q -y install mysql-server
+
+  # Is localhost expected with multi-node?
+  mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL ON druid.* TO 'druid'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'diurd'; CREATE database druid;"
+
+  # Setup Oracle Java
+  sudo apt-get purge openjdk*
+  sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/oracle-java7-installer*
+  sudo apt-get purge oracle-java7-installer*
+  sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*java*
+  sudo apt-get update
+  sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java
+  sudo apt-get update
+  
+  # Setup yes answer to license question
+  echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | sudo debconf-set-selections
+  echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 seen true | sudo debconf-set-selections
+  sudo apt-get -y install oracle-java7-installer
+  
+  # Logout
+  exit
+EOI
+
+echo "Prepared $INSTANCE_ADDRESS for druid."