How do I include the Amazon EC2 library for Node.js?

Question

How do I include the Amazon EC2 library for Node.js?

I'm trying to run a simple node.js script to describe an instance, but I get:

module.js: 340

Error: Cannot find module 'aws-lib'

I have all the EC2 node.js library files in the same directory as the script, but how do I include them?

var aws = require("aws-lib");

ec2 = aws.createEC2Client(*redacted*, *redacted*);

ec2.call("DescribeInstances", {}, function(err, result) { console.log(JSON.stringify(result)); });

javascript
node.js
amazon-ec2
amazon

Answer 1

You don't install the module actually. Go the folder where your node application exists, then install the module there, like:

cd /path/to/your/node/application/    // Since you should be in your app folder
sudo npm cache clear // Just in case
sudo npm install aws-lib  // Actual loading command

These commands will create a folder called node_modules in your application folder. Then you can use aws-lib.