Hi, For now every single instance in EC2 could have user specified name and this name is also reported throught API. For names I use 'tags', which was recently added into EC2. Tag is automaticly created after new instance is created and assigned to that instance. When listing instances I'm also list all 'instance' tags and assign name based on tag name.
Unfortunately, this feature is available only in new 'aws' gem, so if you want to try this patch, you need to apply previous EC2 patch and then apply this patch on top of that. -- Michal
