Request Spot Instances and Track
A 2-step recipe with Amazon EC2. We can help you get access.
Recipe · 2 steps
Request Spot Instances and Track
with Amazon EC2 · IT Infrastructure Management
Submit a Spot Instance request and poll until it appears.
- Submit the Spot Instance request.
- Describe Spot Instance requests and branch on whether the request set has appeared, looping until it is non-empty.
What you'll need to have ready
- spotPrice: The maximum price per unit hour for a Spot Instance.
- instanceCount: The number of Spot Instances to request.
- requestType: The Spot request type (one-time or persistent).
For your developer
Arazzo workflow amazon-ec2:request-spot-and-track, 2 operations: RequestSpotInstances → DescribeSpotInstanceRequests. Specs on APIs.io.