Mysql – Remote Mysql in EC2 instance

The server may not be installed, try

yum install mysql-server

it will start as part of the installation process. Use

chkconfig mysqld on

to have the server run after a reboot.

If you can install your executable from the command line ('silent install') then powershell remoting is the best choice. It is on by default on the Amazon Windows images, so you don't need to do anything other then start up the machine and grab the password.

There are instructions for setting up remoting here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13284313/1335661

The bottom line is that you can use the following script to execute a remote command (taken from: https://github.com/CloudifySource/cloudify/blob/master/esc/src/main/resources/clouds/ec2-win/upload/bootstrap-client.ps1):

param ([string]$target, [string]$username, [string]$password, [string]$command)

$ErrorActionPreference="Stop"

# Set up the password
$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force $password
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $username, $securePassword

Write-Host "Connecting to management service of $target"
Connect-WSMan -Credential $cred $target 

set-item WSMan:\$target\Client\TrustedHosts -Value * -Force
set-item WSMan:\$target\Shell\MaxMemoryPerShellMB -Value 0 -Force

Write-Host Invoking command on Remote host $target
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $target -Credential $cred  -ScriptBlock {  
    Invoke-Expression $args[0]
} -ArgumentList $command
Write-Host "Command finished"

You can run this command from your own script with the following command:

powershell.exe -inputformat none -File PATH_TO_SCRIPT -target TARGET_IP -password PASSWORD -username USERNAME -command COMMAND_TO_EXECUTE