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Amazon EC2: Get Regions

Description

Use the step to fetch the regions from the AWS.

Reference

API Describe Regions

Configurations

Field nameDescription
Step NameSpecify a unique name for the step.
CONNECTION tab:Connection fields
RegionSpecify the valid AWS region.
The field type is String. This field is mandatory.
Button: GetClick the button, it populates the list of available regions.
Access KeySpecify an Access Key to authenticate EC2 instance on Amazon AWS cloud.
The field type is String. This field is mandatory.
Secret KeySpecify a Secret Key to authenticate the Amazon AWS cloud.
The field type is String. This field is mandatory.
Button: Test ConnectionClick to verify whether the connection is available or not. Region, Access key and Secret Key are mandatory to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud.
For the purpose of verification, fields coming from previous steps are not allowed since field values can only be accessed when workflow is in running state. Static values and environment variables are allowed.
INPUT tab:Input fields
Remove Non-Enabled RegionsSpecify Yes or No.
Note: If you specify Yes, you will receive only the enabled regions in your AWS account in output response. And, if you specify No, you will receive all that is enabled and disabled regions in the AWS account.
Allowed Values: Yes or No
Default Value: Yes
Region NamesProvide the names of the regions you wish to retrieve, separated by semicolons.
For Example, us-east-1; us-east-2
OUTPUT tab:Output fields
Region NameIt is a field to define the output variable name. The default output variable name is “RegionName”.
The region name represents a separate geographic area.
Region EndpointIt is a field to define the output variable name. The default output variable name is “RegionEndpoint”.
A region endpoint is the URL of the entry point for an AWS web service.