Quick Start

In a hurry? No sweat! Here’s a quick overview of how to use sonic.

Install

gem install sonic-screwdriver

Usage

# ssh into an instance
sonic ssh i-0f7f833131a51ce35
sonic ssh demo-web # ec2 tag
sonic ssh demo-web --cluster staging # ecs service name
sonic ssh 7fbc8c75-4675-4d39-a5a4-0395ff8cd474 --cluster staging # ECS container id
sonic ssh 1ed12abd-645c-4a05-9acf-739b9d790170 --cluster staging # ECS task id

# docker exec to a running ECS docker container
sonic ecs exec demo-web

# docker run with same environment as the ECS docker running containers
sonic ecs sh demo-web

# run command on 1 instance
sonic execute --instance-ids i-0f7f833131a51ce35 uptime

# run command on all instances tagged with demo-web and worker
sonic execute --tags Name=demo-web,demo-worker uptime

# list ec2 instances
sonic list demo-web

Congratulations! You now know the basic sonic screwdriver commands now.

Learn more in the next sections.

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