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Components of the Instance Scheduler

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Components of the Instance Scheduler

- [Instructor] AWS Instance Scheduler uses the following components to automate the starting and stopping of EC2 and RDS instances. Scheduler configuration table. The AWS Instance Scheduler creates an Amazon DynamoDB table that contains global configuration settings. To modify these global configuration settings after the solution is deployed, it is recommended to update the AWS CloudFormation stack. Schedules. Schedules are used to specify when EC2 and RDS instances should run. Each schedule must have a unique name which is used as the tag value to identify the schedule that needs to be applied on the tagged resource. A schedule consists of periods. Each schedule must contain one period that defines the time the instance should run. A schedule can contain more than one period. Time zone. Each schedule may also contain a time zone. If you do not specify a time zone, the schedule uses the default time zone specified while launching the solution. Instance type. For EC2 instances only…

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