Examples
$ ec2-run-instances --instance-type m1.small ami-1515f67c RESERVATION r-84d54eec 950047163771 default INSTANCE i-88f3ffe0 ami-1515f67c pending 0m1.small 2010-01-27T17:19:54+0000 us-east-1d aki-5f15f636 ari-0915f660 monitoring-disabled instance-store # wait a minute or so RESERVATION r-84d54eec 950047163771 default INSTANCE i-88f3ffe0 ami-1515f67c ec2-174-129-61-44.compute-1.amazonaws.com domU-12-31-38-04-A4-C5.compute-1.internal running 0m1.small 2010-01-27T17:19:54+0000 us-east-1d aki-5f15f636 ari-0915f660 monitoring-disabled 174.129.61.44 10.220.167.51 instance-store
Resources
EC2StartersGuide : Basic Getting Started guide
Ubuntu AMI Locator : Search through available AMIs in web interface