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Cloud native alternative via AWS CloudFormation AWS has published a cloud native AWS Instance Scheduler solution that can be deployed into a single region with the AWS CloudFormation Stack task and then also allows to start and stop instances in secondary accounts: “The AWS Instance Scheduler is a simple AWS-provided solution that enables customers to easily configure custom start and stop schedules for their Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) instances.” |
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Creating/Terminating Instances We currently consider instance lifecycle goals (i.e. create/terminate) to be sufficiently addressed by the AWS CloudFormation Stack task, hopefully covering the majority of use cases (please let us know otherwise). |
To configure an Amazon EC2 Instance task:
1. Navigate to the Tasks configuration tab for the job (this will be the default job if creating a new plan).
2. Click the name of an existing Amazon EC2 Instance task, or click Add Task and then Amazon EC2 Instance Task to create a new task.
3. Complete the following settings:
a. Common to all tasks
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b. Actions supported by this task:
Start Instance(s) | |
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Instance ID | (Optional) Specify one or more instance IDs (semicolon separated). |
Filters | (Optional) Specify resource filters in JSON format. Insert fragments from the inline Examples dialog to get started.
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Don't fail for empty filter result | Check to prevent the task failing if no matching resources are found. |
Stop Instance(s) | |
Instance ID | see Start Instance(s) above |
Filters | see Start Instance(s) above |
Don't fail for empty filter result | see Start Instance(s) above |
Force stop | Check to force the instances to stop.
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Hibernate | Check to hibernate the instance instead of shutting it down. |
Reboot Instance(s) | |
Instance ID | see Start Instance(s) above |
Filters | see Start Instance(s) above |
Don't fail for empty filter result | see Start Instance(s) above |
Variables
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Start Instance(s)
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Creating common variables for 1 resources affected by task: ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.resources: i-a316b842 Creating resource variables for instance 'i-a316b842': ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.resources.i-a316b842.InstanceId: i-a316b842 ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.resources.i-a316b842.State: running ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.resources.i-a316b842.PrivateDnsName: ip-10-0-0-241.ec2.internal ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.resources.i-a316b842.PrivateIpAddress: 10.0.0.241 ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.resources.i-a316b842.PublicDnsName: ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.resources.i-a316b842.PublicIpAddress: null ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.resources.i-a316b842.LaunchTime: 20150716T080402Z ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.resources.i-a316b842.tags: Name ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.resources.i-a316b842.tags.Name: taws-it-2.0.0 Creating common variables for first resource affected by task: Creating resource variables for instance 'i-a316b842': ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.first.InstanceId: i-a316b842 ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.first.State: running ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.first.PrivateDnsName: ip-10-0-0-241.ec2.internal ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.first.PrivateIpAddress: 10.0.0.241 ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.first.PublicDnsName: ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.first.PublicIpAddress: null ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.first.LaunchTime: 20150716T080402Z ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.first.tags: Name ... custom.aws.ec2.instance.first.tags.Name: taws-it-2.0.0 |
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Reboot Instance(s)
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