Using Timeouts to Ensure AWS API Command Completion

Using Timeouts to Ensure AWS API Command Completion The Amazon EC2 command-line tools have a default connection timeout. When used with &PRODUCT;, a longer timeout might be needed for some commands. If you find that commands are not completing due to timeouts, you can specify a custom timeouts. You can add the following optional command-line parameters to any &PRODUCT;-supported EC2 command: --connection-timeout TIMEOUT Specifies a connection timeout (in seconds). Example: --connection-timeout 30 --request-timeout TIMEOUT Specifies a request timeout (in seconds). Example: --request-timeout 45 Example: ec2-run-instances 2 –z us-test1 –n 1-3 --connection-timeout 120 --request-timeout 120 The timeouts optional arguments are not specific to &PRODUCT;.