EC2 Test Instance

Used for spinning up a quick EC2 test instance.

Config File

[ec2-test.config.example.yml](ec2-test.config.example.yml)

For use with aws-deployments

Deployment

For use with aws-deployments

python deploy_aws.py --config_files config/ec2-test.config.example.yml --template_file infra/ec2-test.cfn.yml

Alerting

The instance will text reminders/alerts to a specified phone number (via cron job and AWS SNS).

This is used as a reminder that an instance is running (useful if running a a larger higher cost instance) in case you forget to shut it down

  • Alerts when instance is created
  • Alerts when instance starts/reboots
  • Alerts every hour that instance is running

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