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 Configuring the EC2 API

You can use nova.conf configuration options to control which network address and port the EC2 API will listen on, the formatting of some API responses, and authentication related options.

To customize these options for OpenStack EC2 API, use these configuration option settings.

Table 4.18. Description of configuration options for ec2
Configuration option=Default value (Type) Description
ec2_dmz_host=$my_ip (StrOpt)the internal ip of the ec2 api server
ec2_host=$my_ip (StrOpt)the ip of the ec2 api server
ec2_listen=0.0.0.0 (StrOpt)IP address for EC2 API to listen
ec2_listen_port=8773 (IntOpt)port for ec2 api to listen
ec2_path=/services/Cloud (StrOpt)the path prefix used to call the ec2 api server
ec2_port=8773 (IntOpt)the port of the ec2 api server
ec2_private_dns_show_ip=False (BoolOpt)Return the IP address as private dns hostname in describe instances
ec2_scheme=http (StrOpt)the protocol to use when connecting to the ec2 api server (http, https)
ec2_strict_validation=True (BoolOpt)Validate security group names according to EC2 specification
ec2_timestamp_expiry=300 (IntOpt)Time in seconds before ec2 timestamp expires
ec2_workers=None (IntOpt)Number of workers for EC2 API service
keystone_ec2_url=http://localhost:5000/v2.0/ec2tokens (StrOpt)URL to get token from ec2 request.
lockout_attempts=5 (IntOpt)Number of failed auths before lockout.
lockout_minutes=15 (IntOpt)Number of minutes to lockout if triggered.
lockout_window=15 (IntOpt)Number of minutes for lockout window.
region_list=[] (ListOpt)list of region=fqdn pairs separated by commas

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