Amazon EC2 - Process Steps
Associate IPs
Associate Elastic IP addresses with instances.
| Name |
Type |
Description |
Required |
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| AWS Jar |
String |
The fully qualified path to the JAR file for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) SDK. |
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Yes |
| Access Key ID |
String |
The EC2 access key ID value that is used to log in. |
Yes |
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| IPs |
String |
A list of one or more elastic IP addresses to associate with instances.Put each address on a new line. |
Yes |
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| Instance IDs |
String |
A list of IDs that corresponds to the elastic IP addresses to associate with instances. Separate each ID with a comma. |
Yes |
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| Secret Key |
String |
The EC2 secret key. |
Yes |
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Create Security Group
Create a security group from a file.
| Name |
Type |
Description |
Required |
| AWS Jar |
String |
The fully qualified path to the JAR file for the AWS SDK. |
Yes |
| Access Key ID |
String |
The EC2 access key ID value that is used to log in. |
Yes |
| Definition File |
String |
The file that describes the allowed IPs and ports for the security group. |
No |
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Create the file in the following format: |
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<SecurityGroup name="*name*" description="description" vpcId="ID optional"> |
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<ipPermission protocol="tcp" fromPort="22" toPort="22"> |
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<ipRange value="0.0.0.0/0"/></ipPermission></SecuirtyGroup> |
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If this property is blank, an empty security group is created. |
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| Description |
String |
The description of the security group to create. |
No |
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This property is used if you are not using a file to add permissions. |
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| Name |
String |
The name of the security group to create. This property is used if you are not using a file to add permissions. |
No |
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This property is used if you are not using a file to add permissions. |
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| Secret Key |
String |
The EC2 secret key value. |
Yes |
| VPC ID |
String |
The ID of the virtual private cloud (VPC) to use, if you are not using a file to add permissions. |
No |
Deregister Instances with LoadBalancer
This step deregisters instances with an Amazon load balancing feature.
| Name |
Type |
Description |
Required |
| AWS Jar |
String |
The fully qualified path to the JAR file for the AWS SDK. |
Yes |
| Access Key ID |
String |
The EC2 access key ID value to use to log in. |
Yes |
| Instance IDs |
String |
A list of one or more IDs of the instances to be deregistered. Separate each ID with a comma. |
Yes |
| Load Balancer Name |
String |
The name of the EC2 account load balancer to deregister the instances from. |
Yes |
| Secret Key |
String |
The EC2 secret key |
Yes |
Get Public DNS
Get the public Domain Name System (DNS) hostname for the specified instance IDs. Results are returned in a comma-separated list in the dns property.
| Name |
Type |
Description |
Required |
| AWS Jar |
String |
The fully qualified path to the JAR file for the AWS SDK. |
Yes |
| Access Key ID |
String |
The EC2 access key ID value to use to log in. |
Yes |
| Instance IDs |
String |
A list of instance IDs for which the DNS hostname is to be retrieved. Separate each instance ID with a comma. The returned DNS hostnames are in the same order that the IDs are specified. |
Yes |
| Secret Key |
String |
The EC2 secret key value. |
Yes |
Launch Instances
Launch instances of the given Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
| Name |
Type |
Description |
Required |
| # of instances |
String |
The number of EC2 instances to start. |
Yes |
| AMI ID |
String |
The AMI ID of the instances to be started. |
Yes |
| AWS Jar |
String |
The fully qualified path to the JAR file for the AWS SDK. |
Yes |
| Access Key ID |
String |
The EC2 access key ID to use to login. |
Yes |
| Availability Zone |
String |
The zone to start the instances in. |
No |
| Instance Type |
String |
The type of instances to run. Valid values are as follows: m1.small, m1.large, m1.xlarge, m2.xlarge, m2.4xlarge, c1.medium, and c1.xlarge. |
Yes |
| Keypair |
String |
The keypair value to start the instances with. |
No |
| Secret Key |
String |
The EC2 secret key value. |
Yes |
| Security Group |
String |
A list of security group names to use. Separate each group name with a comma. |
No |
| User data |
String |
The user data to pass to the instance. |
No |
Register Instances with LoadBalancer
Register an instance with an Amazon Load Balancer.
| Name |
Type |
Description |
Required |
| AWS Jar |
String |
The fully qualified path to the JAR file for the AWS SDK. |
Yes |
| Access Key ID |
String |
The EC2 access key ID to use to login. |
Yes |
| Instance IDs |
String |
A list of instance IDs to associate with the load balancer. Separate each ID with a comma. |
Yes |
| Load Balancer Name |
String |
The load balancer name that is associated with the EC2 account to register the instances with. |
Yes |
| Secret Key |
String |
The EC2 secret key |
Yes |
Terminate Instances
Terminate instances with the given instance IDs.
| Name |
Type |
Description |
Required |
| AWS Jar |
String |
The fully qualified path to the JAR file for the AWS SDK. |
Yes |
| Access Key ID |
String |
The EC2 access key ID to use to login. |
Yes |
| Instance IDs |
String |
A list of instance IDs to be terminated. Separate each instance ID with a comma. |
Yes |
| Secret Key |
String |
The EC2 secret key. |
Yes |
Wait for instances
Wait for instances to be in a certain state.
| Name |
Type |
Description |
Required |
| AWS Jar |
String |
The fully qualified path to the JAR file for the AWS SDK. |
Yes |
| Access Key ID |
String |
The EC2 access key ID to use to login. |
Yes |
| Instance IDs |
String |
A list of instance IDs that correspond to the IPs to associate with instances. Separate each instance ID with a comma. |
Yes |
| Secret Key |
String |
The EC2 secret key value. |
Yes |
| State |
String |
The expected instance state. |
Yes |
| Timeout |
String |
The timeout value for this step. |
Yes |