NAME

       VM::EC2::Spot::LaunchSpecification - Object describing an Amazon EC2 spot instance launch specification

SYNOPSIS

       See "SPOT INSTANCES" in VM::EC2, and VM::EC2::Spot::InstanceRequest.

DESCRIPTION

       This object represents an Amazon EC2 spot instance launch specification, which is returned by a
       VM::EC2::Spot::InstanceRequest object's launchSpecification() method. It provides information about the
       spot instance request.

METHODS

       These object methods are supported:

        imageId           -- the ID of the image to be used for the request
        keyName           -- the ssh keyname for instances created by the request
        groupSet          -- a list of VM::EC2::Group objects representing the launch
                             groups for spot instances created under this request.
        addressingType    -- Deprecated and undocumented, but present in the EC2 API
        instanceType      -- type of instances created by the request
        placement         -- availability zone for instances created by the request
        kernelId          -- kernel ID to be used for instances launched by the request
        ramdiskId         -- ramdisk ID to be used for instances launched by the request
        blockDeviceMapping -- List of VM::EC2::BlockDevice::Mapping objects describing
                             the block devices to be attached to instances launched by the
                             request.
        monitoring        -- A true value if detailed monitoring was requested for these
                             instances.
        subnetId          -- Subnet ID in which to place instances launched under this
                             request (VPC only).

SEE ALSO

       VM::EC2 VM::EC2::Generic VM::EC2::Spot::InstanceRequest VM::EC2::Error

AUTHOR

       Lincoln Stein <lincoln.stein@gmail.com>.

       Copyright (c) 2011 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

       This package and its accompanying libraries is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GPL (either version 1, or at your option, any later version) or the Artistic
       License 2.0.  Refer to LICENSE for the full license text. In addition, please see DISCLAIMER.txt for
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