Amazon Web Services (AWS) Node Steps

Getting Started

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It is helpful to configure the AWS EC2 resource model plugin before using these steps: AWS EC2 Resource Model

Amazon's EC2 (opens new window) (Elastic Cloud Compute) is a cloud service in wide use for dynamic infrastructure; it is easy to start up and shut down Node "Instances" in the cloud. Use these Rundeck steps to automate common EC2 actions.

Access Key ID

Specify your AWS Access key.

Secret Key

Specify your AWS Secret Key

Region

Specify the region for the node. If using the EC2 Node Source it's possible to use ${node.region} and the region will be dynamically populated with the region for that node.

EC2 VM Node Steps (Enterprise Only)

AWS / VM / Start

Start the EC2 instance.

AWS / VM / Stop

Start the EC2 instance.

AWS / VM / Restart

Start the EC2 instance.

AWS / VM / Delete

Terminate the EC2 instance.

WARNING

Be very careful when using this step. It would be possible to remove a lot of instances by mistake if the node filter is too broad.