Amazon VM Tasks

This chapter contains the following sections:

Amazon VM Power Action

Summary
To perform power action on the Amazon instance.
Description
This task is used to perform the power actions on the Amazon instance like Power On, Off, Reboot, Terminate, Enable/Disable Cloud Watch Monitoring.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select Instance Select the VM on which to perform the action vm Y
VM Action VM Action amazon_​vm_​action Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Attach Volume to EC2 Instance

Summary
Attaches volume to Amazon EC2 Instance.
Description
This task is used to attach Volume to Amazon EC2 Instance, by taking the Volume ID, Instance Name and Device Name as inputs. This adds extra disk space to the amazon instances
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Volume ID Specify volume which need to be attached gen_​text_​input Y
Select VM Select the VM for which volume need to be attached vm Y
Device Name Specify the device on the VM.​ Windows Devices: xvdf through xvdp Linux Devices: /dev/sdf through /dev/sdp gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Create Amazon EC2 Volume

Summary
Creates Amazon Volume.
Description
This task is used to create Amazon EC2 Volume, by taking the Volume size as input.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select Amazon Cloud Select name of the Amazon EC2 Cloud in this system Y
EC2 Availability Zone Specify EC2 Availability zone such as us-east-1a Y
Select Volume Size (GB) Select the Volume Size ec2Volume​Size Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
VOLUME_​ID Id of the Volume gen_​text_​input

Create Amazon EC2 Volume from Snapshot

Summary
Creates Amazon Volume from Snapshot.
Description
This task is used to create Amazon EC2 Volume, by taking the Snapshot name as input. Here the created volume size is same as snapshot size. This task gives volume ID as output.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select Amazon Cloud Select name of the Amazon EC2 Cloud in this system Y
Select Snapshot Name Specify name of the Snapshot in Amazon Cloud from which Volume should be created gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
VOLUME_​ID Id of the Volume gen_​text_​input

Delete Volume

Summary
Deletes Amazon EC2 Volume.
Description
This task is used to delete Amazon EC2 Volume, by taking the Volume ID as input.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select Amazon Cloud Select name of the Amazon EC2 Cloud in this system ec2Cloud Y
Volume ID Specify volume which need to be deleted gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Detach Volume

Summary
Detaches volume from Amazon EC2 Instance.
Description
This task is used to attach Volume to Amazon EC2 Instance, by taking the Volume ID, Instance Name and Device Name as inputs. This adds extra disk space to the amazon instances
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select Amazon Cloud Select name of the Amazon EC2 Cloud in this system ec2Cloud Y
Volume ID Specify volume which need to be detached gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
No Outputs