Instance Scheduler automates the starting and stopping of EC2 and RDS instances. In this video, explore the cost benefits of this solution.
- [Instructor] The highly dynamic nature … of cloud environments makes it a desirable choice … for computer infrastructure, … however, it also leads to increased costs … when you do not stop or terminate … the instances when not needed. … Once simple method to reduce costs … is to stop the resources that are not in use … and start them again when capacity is needed. … AWS Instance Scheduler automates the starting … and stopping of Amazon EC2 instances … and Amazon Relational Database Service instances, … also known as RDS instances. … Consider a company that uses compute capacity … on EC2 on weekdays from Monday to Friday. … AWS Instance Scheduler can be configured … to automatically stop the instances on weekends … and then restart them when the weekdays begin. … AWS Instance Scheduler uses an AWS CloudFormation template … to set up an Amazon CloudWatch at a user defined interval. … The CloudWatch event invokes the AWS Lambda function … to start and stop instances. … The CloudWatch interval is a user configurable parameter …
Author
Shyam Raj
Released
3/26/2019- Automation and optimization in AWS
- On-Demand, Spot, and Reserved Instances
- AWS Auto Scaling
- Performing manual and scheduled scaling
- Simple and step scaling policies
- Creating and invoking a Lambda function
- Instance Scheduler
- Cost allocation tags
- Trusted Advisor recommendations
- Simple Monthly Calculator
- Cost Explorer
- Creating an organization and policy
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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1. Optimize Your EC2 Costs
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On-Demand EC2 instances2m 37s
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EC2 Spot Instances4m 43s
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Spot Instance interruptions4m 50s
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EC2 Reserved Instances4m 9s
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Launch Reserved Instances2m 17s
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2. Auto Scaling
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Auto Scaling3m 36s
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Create an Auto Scaling group4m 57s
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Manual scaling3m 41s
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Scheduled scaling3m 3s
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Target tracking2m 41s
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Simple scaling4m 8s
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Step scaling5m 28s
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3. AWS Lambda
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Lambda3m 47s
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Create a Lambda function4m 44s
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Invoke Lambda functions2m 22s
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4. AWS Instance Scheduler
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AWS Instance Scheduler2m 32s
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Deploy an Instance Scheduler6m 23s
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Instance Scheduler tags3m 18s
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5. Cost Allocation Tags
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Cost allocation tags1m 59s
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6. Trusted Advisor
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Trusted Advisor2m 31s
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7. AWS Cost Calculator and Explorer
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AWS Cost Explorer5m 3s
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8. AWS Organizations
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AWS Organizations2m 32s
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Create an AWS Organization3m 18s
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Conclusion
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Next steps38s
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