Create the AWS EC2 Start/Stop Instance Project
- Karl Henselin
The assumption is that you have FlexDeploy installed and ready for use. When logged into the FlexDeploy, you will see the Home page. Click on the + icon on the top and click “Create Project” to create a new project.
The screen displays the list of blueprints supported by the FlexDeploy. Select a Blank project from the list or you can search for the blueprint in the search filter present in the top.
General Configuration
Scroll through this guide to fill in the project information.
Project Info
Property Name | Mandatory | Value for this tutorial | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Project Name | Yes | AWS EC2 Start Instance | The name of the project. |
Folder | Yes | FlexDeploy / Amazon EC2 | This is the Folder path where the project resides. |
Description | Optional |
| Brief description of the project. |
Project Classification | Yes | Utility | The classification of the project. |
Project configuration
We can see the Folder hierarchy on the top of the project and the project configuration as below.
Configure the Utility workflow that has been created in previous steps as shown below.
Project Properties
The workflow property that we defined at the workflow will be displayed here as we defined the scope as PROJECT.
Utility Execution
Navigate to Execution tab and click on Execute to submit the Utility request form.
The Utility Request Form will appear and we need to:
select the environment we want to execute the application in.
submit the request, this will initiate the AWS EC2 Start Instance workflow.
Navigate to steps tab in order to view the workflow steps. Click on the link to view the plugin logs.
Successfully, configured the project and executed the AWS EC2 Start Instance. It is extremely easy to replicate the same steps to Create the Amazon EC2 Stop Instance Project using Blank Project.
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