On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 7:40 AM, Tomasz Rybak <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > Recently AWS released EC2 Run Command: > http://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/ec2-run-command-update-manage-share-com > mands-and-more/ > https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-ec2-run-command-remote-instance-ma > nagement-at-scale/ > > It allows for running commands defined in documents - reducing need to > have SSH on instance. It is done by having agent running in OS and > waiting for commands. Agent is Open Source: > https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent
Not "Open Source". See list of OSI approved licenses. [1] > I'm not sure how DFSG-free is this licence: > https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/blob/master/LICENSE > - haven't read it diligently enough. > > IMO it would be good to package it, upload into Debian (if licence is > DFSG) and install in official images. > Agent is written in Go - I do not have any experience with it. Any > tips? Also - any comments regarding this idea? Quick review, not DFSG compliant. There are use restrictions. I can't imagine this being included as part of any official images, unless this is resolved. -Brian P.S. - Amazon has been pretty good of late about using DFSG compatible licenses, so this seems to be a bit of a regression. [1] - https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical > Best regards. >
