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Amazon Web Services Amazon Web Services: EC2 - Instance Types

Summary

This module contains actions for viewing EC2 instance types.

Actions

aws.ec2.instance_types.

get_all

Get the instance types supported by the supplied EC2 region.

Minimum Plugin Version: 2.2.0

Input
  • aws_client: an AWSClient dictionary

  • region_name: the EC2 region name

Output

A list of EC2InstanceType dictionaries.

Example
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- aws.ec2.instances.supported_types:
    region_name: eu-west-2
  load:
    aws_client: aws_secrets
  save: instance_types

aws.ec2.instance_types.

input_table

Display a list of instance types in a table, & allow the task operator to make a selection.

The table will have the following columns:

  • Name
  • Clock Speed (GHz)
  • Memory (MiB)
  • Hypervisor
  • Bare Metal

Minimum Plugin Version: 2.2.0

Input
  • text: the title of the table

  • types: a list of EC2InstanceType dictionaries to display in the table

  • minimum: The minimum number of acceptable selections

  • maximum: The maximum number of acceptable selections

Output

A list of EC2InstanceType dictionaries.

Tip
  • If neither a minimum or maximum is provided, the task operator will be able to submit 0 selections.

  • If minimum or maximum are provided, the operation will repeat until a valid number of selections is made.

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- aws.ec2.instance_types.get_all:
    region_name: eu-west-2
  load:
    aws_client: aws_secrets
  save: instance_types

- aws.ec2.instance_types.input_table:
    text: Select an Instance Type
    minimum: 1
    maximum: 1
  load:
    types: instance_types

aws.ec2.instance_types.

output_table

Display a list of instance types in a table.

The table will have the following columns:

  • Name
  • Clock Speed (GHz)
  • Memory (MiB)
  • Hypervisor
  • Bare Metal

Minimum Plugin Version: 2.2.0

Input
  • text: the title of the table

  • types: a single or list of EC2InstanceType dictionaries

Output

Nothing is outputted by this action.

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- aws.ec2.instance_types.get_all:
    region_name: eu-west-2
  load:
    aws_client: aws_secrets
  save: instance_types

- aws.ec2.instance_types.output_table:
    text: Supported Instance Types
  load:
    types: instance_types