The launch configurations need only the instance type, the AMI ID, and the spot price, if any. Additional specifications are presently ignored. -Once you've used the web console to create all of these objects, you'll need to install and configure the 'aws' command-line tool. You don't need to set a default region, although if you don't, you'll need to specify one on the _condor_annex_ command-line. +Once you've used the web console to create all of these objects, you'll need to install and configure the 'aws' command-line tool. You don't need to set a default region, although if you don't, you'll need to specify one on the _condor_annex_ command-line. Something along the lines of "yum install python-pip; pip install awscli" will usually get the job done. {subsubsection: HTCondor}