diff --git a/examples/bin/ec2/env.sh b/examples/bin/ec2/env.sh
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-# Setup Oracle 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 -q install oracle-java7-installer
-
-# Automated Kafka setup
-curl http://static.druid.io/artifacts/kafka-0.7.2-incubating-bin.tar.gz -o /tmp/kafka-0.7.2-incubating-bin.tar.gz
-tar -xvzf /tmp/kafka-0.7.2-incubating-bin.tar.gz
-cd kafka-0.7.2-incubating-bin
-cat config/zookeeper.properties
-nohup bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties 2>&1 > /dev/null &
-# in a new console
-nohup bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties 2>&1 > /dev/null &
-
-# Install dependencies - mysql must be built from source, as the 12.04 apt-get hangs
-export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-sudo debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server/root_password password diurd'
-sudo debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server/root_password_again password diurd'
-sudo apt-get -q -y -V --force-yes --reinstall install mysql-server-5.5
-
-echo "ALL DONE with druid environment setup! Hit CTRL-C to proceed."
-exit 0
diff --git a/examples/bin/ec2/run.sh b/examples/bin/ec2/run.sh
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-#WTF is this?? -- FJ
-
-# Is localhost expected with multi-node?
-mysql -u root -pdiurd -e "GRANT ALL ON druid.* TO 'druid'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'diurd'; CREATE database druid;" 2>&1 > /dev/null
-
-tar -xvzf druid-services-*-bin.tar.gz 2>&1 > /dev/null
-cd druid-services-* 2>&1 > /dev/null
-
-mkdir logs 2>&1 > /dev/null
-
-# Now start a realtime node
-nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Ddruid.realtime.specFile=config/realtime/realtime.spec -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/realtime io.druid.cli.Main server realtime 2>&1 > logs/realtime.log &
-
-# And a coordinator node
-nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/coordinator io.druid.cli.Main server coordinator 2>&1 > logs/coordinator.log &
-
-# And a historical node
-nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/historical io.druid.cli.Main server historical 2>&1 > logs/historical.log &
-
-# And a broker node
-nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/broker io.druid.cli.Main server broker 2>&1 > logs/broker.log &
-
-echo "Hit CTRL-C to continue..."
-exit 0