Run Java EE app on EC2

Question

Can anyone point me to the steps/resources that describe:

1. How to deploy a Java EE app on amazon-EC2
2. Maintain changes to the meta-data of the app serve

Answer 1

If you start an ebs-booted instance, you do not need to care about persistency after a reboot (see http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2009/12/03/amazon-ec2-instances-now-can-boot-from-amazon-ebs/) Concerning the deployment of Java EE, I don't see any difference to deploying it on a non-virtual OS.