Amazon EC2: Reboot Instance
Description
Use the step to reboot an EC2 instance on the specified Amazon AWS cloud account.
Prerequisite
Login details to authenticate to Amazon AWS cloud. For details, see To create Access Key ID and Secret Access Key.
Configurations
| Field name | Description |
|---|---|
| Step Name | Specify a unique name for the step. |
| CONNECTION tab: | Connection fields |
| Region | Specify the region where the instance is hosted or choose a region from the Region Explorer window. The field type is String. This field is mandatory. |
| Button: Get | Click Get button to open the Region Explorer window. Choose a Region. |
| Access Key | Access key to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud. |
| Accept Values from fields | Leave checkbox unchecked to accept Access Key value from a field in the previous steps of the stream using a drop down list. Else enable checkbox for Access Key field to appear as Text box. |
| Access Key | Specify the Access Key to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud EC2 instance. If checkbox above is enabled Access Key field appears as Text box and accepts static values or variables. Else if checkbox above is disabled Access Key field appears as a drop down to select fields from previous steps. The field type is String. This field is mandatory. |
| Secret Key | Secret key to authenticate Amazon AWS cloud. |
| Accept Values from fields | Leave checkbox unchecked to accept Secret Key value from a field in the previous steps of the stream using a drop down list. Else enable checkbox for Secret Key field to appear as Text box. |
| Secret Key | Specify the Secret Key to authenticate Amazon AWS Cloud EC2 instance. If checkbox above is enabled Secret Key field appears as Text box and accepts static values or variables. Else if checkbox above is disabled Secret Key field appears as a drop down to select fields from previous steps. The field type is String. This field is mandatory. |
| Button: Test Connection | Click Test Connection button 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 |
| Instance Id | Specify the EC2 Virtual Machine Instance Id to be restarted. |