aws_scheduler

Description

 aws scheduler - stop and start server instances according to schedule to save aws costs.
 
 This Puppet module will install aws-scheduler.
 See http://www.4synergy.nl/auto-start-stop-ec2-instances/.
 Tested on Centos 6. 
 
 It is a python script that runs regularly in cron that looks at all your instances for a
 tag "schedule" that contains a json string giving the stop and start schedule hour for mon to fri.
 it will them make sure the instance is stopped or started as per the scedule.

Installation

puppet module install --modulepath /path/to/puppet/modules neillturner-aws_scheduler

or add to Puppetfile: mod "neillturner/aws_scheduler"

Usage

 `class { 'aws_scheduler':
    aws_access_key_id     => 'MYAWSACCESSKEYID',
    aws_secret_access_key => 'MYAWSSECRETACESSKEY',
    aws_region            => 'MYAWSREGION',
    tag                   => 'schedule',
    exclude               => '[]',
    default               => '{"mon": {"start": 5, "stop": 18},"tue": {"start": 5, "stop": 18},"wed": {"start": 5, "stop": 18},"thu": {"start": 5, "stop": 18}, "fri": {"start": 5, "stop": 18}}',  
    time                  => 'gmt',
    script_path           => '/usr/sbin',
    cron_minute           => '10',
    cron_hour             => '*',
    log                   => '/var/log/aws-scheduler_cron.log',
    proxy                 => undef,
    proxy_port            => undef,
 }`

Parameters

 aws_access_key_id     Aws Access Key for your account
 aws_secret_access_key Aws Access Secret Key for your account
 aws_region            Aws Region
 tag                   tag using to hold json schedule defaults to 'schedule'
 exclude               Instance to exclude from scheduling default is '[]'
 default               json schedule array to default to (only used with the --force option)
                       '{"mon": {"start": 5, "stop": 18},"tue": {"start": 5, "stop": 18},"wed": {"start": 5, "stop": 18},"thu": {"start": 5, "stop": 18}, "fri": {"start": 5, "stop": 18}}'  
 script_path           path to store aws-scheduler.py script defaults to '/usr/sbin',
 time                  time used for checking against schedule defaults to 'gmt' can also be 'local'
 cron_minute           cron minute to run the script defaults to '10' i.e. 10 past the hour,
 cron_hour             cron hour to run the script defaults to '*'    i.e. every hour,
 log                   log for cron defaults to '/var/log/aws-scheduler_cron.log' (aws-scheduler ptyhob script logs to /var/log/aws-scheduler.log) 
 proxy                 proxy host to use when accessing aws           i.e. myproxy.com
 proxy_port            port of proxy                                  i.e. 3128

the aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key are optional and allow the use of iam instance profiles.