This is an interface to the 2014-05-01 version of the amazon aws api (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2). it was written provide access to the new tag and metadata interface that is not currently supported by net::amazon::ec2, as well as to provide developers with an extension mechanism for the api. this library will also support the eucalyptus open source cloud (http://open.eucalyptus.com).

the main interface is the vm::ec2 object, which provides methods for interrogating the amazon ec2, launching instances, and managing instance lifecycle.