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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> So... you issue a command, and you receive a reply? And these are both
> formatted as XML?
Yes. Think of it like a procedure call between machines.
> Is the reply necessarily immediate?
In theory, no. In practice, yes.
> If I'm understanding this correctly, that means that you can make Amazon
> start or stop a virtual server by sending a lump of XML to it over HTTP.
> Is that about right?
Exactly. I have a library to do just that, only it uses the REST interface
(which isn't really REST) to do so.
Also, http://console.aws.amazon.com/ lets you do it all from a web browser,
or so they just announced. I haven't tried it.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
There aren't any trees on Mars.
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