Forked from https://github.com/atramos/ec2-spotter
EC2 spot instances behave much like regular instances, but are cheaper. Normally, they can only be inited from an AMI image, not EBS volume, resetting any changes made along the way. This script enables you to continue with your Spot instance where you left off.
Refer to this medium post for information on how to set this up: https://medium.com/slavv/learning-machine-learning-on-the-cheap-persistent-aws-spot-instances-668e7294b6d8
$ ./ec2spotter-launch testing.conf
Launching instance type: m5.large
Spot request id: sir-defghijk
or
$ ./ec2spotter-launch testing.conf p3.2xlarge
Launching instance type: p3.2xlarge
Spot request id: sir-defghijk
# save ip address to xeon
aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids $instance_id --filter Name=instance-state-name,Values=running --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].PublicIpAddress" --output=text | xargs -I{} echo {} | tr -d '\n' | xargs -d' ' -I _ echo '{"value": "_"}' | http PATCH https://xeon.santoshsrinivas.com/api/kvs/PJ4JS2xitWZ9DnsMo
ec2=$(http "https://xeon.santoshsrinivas.com/api/kvs/PJ4JS2xitWZ9DnsMo" | jq '.data.value')
ec2=$(echo $ec2 | tr -d '"')
echo $ec2
# Remember to [How to disable strict host key checking in ssh? - Ask Ubuntu](https://askubuntu.com/questions/87449/how-to-disable-strict-host-key-checking-in-ssh)
ssh -i ~/.ssh/aws-key-fast-ai.pem ubuntu@$ec2