On 22 Mar 2012, at 18:34, Brian Cipriano wrote: > Ah, good idea. I'll just assign each server a name via hosts file. That can be a pain to maintain. There's a trick that I've found very useful: The host name that you use to access ec2 hosts that do not have an external (elastic) IP resolves to an internal address when used inside ec2. Not the most concise names, but they're ready to use and easy to get hold of. Marcus -- Marcus Bointon Synchromedia Limited: Creators of http://www.smartmessages.net/ UK info at hand CRM solutions marcus at synchromedia.co.uk | http://www.synchromedia.co.uk/