README.md

ec2_scheduler

Wanna schedule stop and start of ec2 instances(like development machines) during night times.

Installation :

Use pip to install ec2_scheduler

pip install ec2_scheduler

Alternate installation

You can also compile from source, just clone the repo and run the command below:

python setup.py install

Getting Started :

You need to pass access key & secret key to ec2_scheduler.

Tip : create a seperate user account with only rights of describing, stopping and starting instances. IAM policy for that is below:

{
        "Statement": [
                {
                  "Action": [
				    "ec2:DescribeInstances",
                    "ec2:StartInstances",
                    "ec2:StopInstances"
				  ], 
                  "Effect": "Allow", 
                  "Resource": "*"
                }
              ]
}

To get started, start with --help

➜  ec2_scheduler --help
Usage: ec2_scheduler [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -a, --access_key TEXT  Enter AWS access key
  -s, --secret_key TEXT  Enter AWS secret key
  --help                 Show this message and exit.

Add following tags to your instances you wanna autoschedule:

• auto:stop : value should be a cron like : 0 1 * * * ; i.e stop at 1 am everyday
• auto:start : value should be a cron like : 0 8 * * * ; i.e start at 8 am everyday

Check the example usage to get started

Example Usage :

➜  ec2_scheduler --access_key "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" --secret_key "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Credits :

Based on Shing Chen Article Auto Start and Stop Your EC2 Instances