Amazon EC2 - Process Steps
Associate IPs
Associate Elastic IP addresses with instances.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Jar | String | The fully qualified path to the JAR file for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) SDK. | |
| Access Key ID | String | The EC2 access key ID value that is used to log in. | Yes |
| IPs | String | A list of one or more elastic IP addresses to associate with instances.Put each address on a new line. | Yes |
| 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 |
| Secret Key | String | The EC2 secret key. | Yes |
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 |
| Create the file in the following format: | |||
<SecurityGroup name="*name*" description="description" vpcId="ID optional"> | |||
<ipPermission protocol="tcp" fromPort="22" toPort="22"> | |||
<ipRange value="0.0.0.0/0"/></ipPermission></SecuirtyGroup> | |||
| If this property is blank, an empty security group is created. | |||
| Description | String | The description of the security group to create. | No |
| This property is used if you are not using a file to add permissions. | |||
| 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 |
| This property is used if you are not using a file to add permissions. | |||
| 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 |