diff --git a/library/cloud/ec2 b/library/cloud/ec2
index 1a75c00b68..fe21549922 100644
--- a/library/cloud/ec2
+++ b/library/cloud/ec2
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ options:
required: true
default: null
aliases: []
+ spot_price:
+ version_added: "1.5"
+ description:
+ - Maximum spot price to bid, If not set a regular on-demand instance is requested. A spot request is made with this maximum bid. When it is filled, the instance is started.
+ required: false
+ default: null
+ aliases: []
image:
description:
- I(emi) (or I(ami)) to use for the instance
@@ -97,6 +104,12 @@ options:
- how long before wait gives up, in seconds
default: 300
aliases: []
+ spot_wait_timeout:
+ version_added: "1.5"
+ description:
+ - how long to wait for the spot instance request to be fulfilled
+ default: 600
+ aliases: []
ec2_url:
description:
- Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Must be specified if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used
@@ -331,6 +344,19 @@ local_action:
vpc_subnet_id: subnet-29e63245
assign_public_ip: yes
+# Spot instance example
+- local_action:
+ module: ec2
+ spot_price: 0.24
+ spot_wait_timeout: 600
+ keypair: mykey
+ group_id: sg-1dc53f72
+ instance_type: m1.small
+ image: ami-6e649707
+ wait: yes
+ vpc_subnet_id: subnet-29e63245
+ assign_public_ip: yes
+
# Launch instances, runs some tasks
# and then terminate them
@@ -640,6 +666,17 @@ def create_block_device(module, ec2, volume):
delete_on_termination=volume.get('delete_on_termination', False),
iops=volume.get('iops'))
+def boto_supports_param_in_spot_request(ec2, param):
+ """
+ Check if Boto library has a in its request_spot_instances() method. For example, the placement_group parameter wasn't added until 2.3.0.
+
+ ec2: authenticated ec2 connection object
+
+ Returns:
+ True if boto library has the named param as an argument on the request_spot_instances method, else False
+ """
+ method = getattr(ec2, 'request_spot_instances')
+ return param in method.func_code.co_varnames
def enforce_count(module, ec2):
@@ -664,7 +701,6 @@ def enforce_count(module, ec2):
for inst in instance_dict_array:
instances.append(inst)
-
elif len(instances) > exact_count:
changed = True
to_remove = len(instances) - exact_count
@@ -710,6 +746,7 @@ def create_instances(module, ec2, override_count=None):
group_id = module.params.get('group_id')
zone = module.params.get('zone')
instance_type = module.params.get('instance_type')
+ spot_price = module.params.get('spot_price')
image = module.params.get('image')
if override_count:
count = override_count
@@ -720,6 +757,7 @@ def create_instances(module, ec2, override_count=None):
ramdisk = module.params.get('ramdisk')
wait = module.params.get('wait')
wait_timeout = int(module.params.get('wait_timeout'))
+ spot_wait_timeout = int(module.params.get('spot_wait_timeout'))
placement_group = module.params.get('placement_group')
user_data = module.params.get('user_data')
instance_tags = module.params.get('instance_tags')
@@ -781,16 +819,11 @@ def create_instances(module, ec2, override_count=None):
try:
params = {'image_id': image,
'key_name': key_name,
- 'client_token': id,
- 'min_count': count_remaining,
- 'max_count': count_remaining,
'monitoring_enabled': monitoring,
'placement': zone,
- 'placement_group': placement_group,
'instance_type': instance_type,
'kernel_id': kernel,
'ramdisk_id': ramdisk,
- 'private_ip_address': private_ip,
'user_data': user_data}
if boto_supports_profile_name_arg(ec2):
@@ -835,22 +868,64 @@ def create_instances(module, ec2, override_count=None):
params['block_device_map'] = bdm
- res = ec2.run_instances(**params)
+ # check to see if we're using spot pricing first before starting instances
+ if not spot_price:
+ params.update(dict(
+ min_count = count_remaining,
+ max_count = count_remaining,
+ client_token = id,
+ placement_group = placement_group,
+ private_ip_address = private_ip,
+ ))
+ res = ec2.run_instances(**params)
+ instids = [ i.id for i in res.instances ]
+ while True:
+ try:
+ ec2.get_all_instances(instids)
+ break
+ except boto.exception.EC2ResponseError as e:
+ if "InvalidInstanceID.NotFound" in str(e):
+ # there's a race between start and get an instance
+ continue
+ else:
+ module.fail_json(msg = str(e))
+ else:
+ if private_ip:
+ module.fail_json(
+ msg='private_ip only available with on-demand (non-spot) instances')
+ if boto_supports_param_in_spot_request(ec2, placement_group):
+ params['placement_group'] = placement_group
+ elif placement_group :
+ module.fail_json(
+ msg="placement_group parameter requires Boto version 2.3.0 or higher.")
+
+ params.update(dict(
+ count = count_remaining,
+ ))
+ res = ec2.request_spot_instances(spot_price, **params)
+
+ # Now we have to do the intermediate waiting
+ if wait:
+ spot_req_inst_ids = dict()
+ spot_wait_timeout = time.time() + spot_wait_timeout
+ while spot_wait_timeout > time.time():
+ reqs = ec2.get_all_spot_instance_requests()
+ for sirb in res:
+ if sirb.id in spot_req_inst_ids:
+ continue
+ for sir in reqs:
+ if sir.id == sirb.id and sir.instance_id is not None:
+ spot_req_inst_ids[sirb.id] = sir.instance_id
+ if len(spot_req_inst_ids) < count:
+ time.sleep(5)
+ else:
+ break
+ if spot_wait_timeout <= time.time():
+ module.fail_json(msg = "wait for spot requests timeout on %s" % time.asctime())
+ instids = spot_req_inst_ids.values()
except boto.exception.BotoServerError, e:
module.fail_json(msg = "Instance creation failed => %s: %s" % (e.error_code, e.error_message))
- instids = [ i.id for i in res.instances ]
- while True:
- try:
- res.connection.get_all_instances(instids)
- break
- except boto.exception.EC2ResponseError, e:
- if "InvalidInstanceID.NotFound" in str(e):
- # there's a race between start and get an instance
- continue
- else:
- module.fail_json(msg = str(e))
-
if instance_tags:
try:
ec2.create_tags(instids, instance_tags)
@@ -858,15 +933,14 @@ def create_instances(module, ec2, override_count=None):
module.fail_json(msg = "Instance tagging failed => %s: %s" % (e.error_code, e.error_message))
# wait here until the instances are up
- this_res = []
num_running = 0
wait_timeout = time.time() + wait_timeout
while wait_timeout > time.time() and num_running < len(instids):
- res_list = res.connection.get_all_instances(instids)
- if len(res_list) > 0:
- this_res = res_list[0]
- num_running = len([ i for i in this_res.instances if i.state=='running' ])
- else:
+ res_list = ec2.get_all_instances(instids)
+ num_running = 0
+ for res in res_list:
+ num_running += len([ i for i in res.instances if i.state=='running' ])
+ if len(res_list) <= 0:
# got a bad response of some sort, possibly due to
# stale/cached data. Wait a second and then try again
time.sleep(1)
@@ -880,8 +954,9 @@ def create_instances(module, ec2, override_count=None):
# waiting took too long
module.fail_json(msg = "wait for instances running timeout on %s" % time.asctime())
- for inst in this_res.instances:
- running_instances.append(inst)
+ #We do this after the loop ends so that we end up with one list
+ for res in res_list:
+ running_instances.extend(res.instances)
# Enabled by default by Amazon
if not source_dest_check:
@@ -1046,6 +1121,7 @@ def main():
group_id = dict(type='list'),
zone = dict(aliases=['aws_zone', 'ec2_zone']),
instance_type = dict(aliases=['type']),
+ spot_price = dict(),
image = dict(),
kernel = dict(),
count = dict(default='1'),
@@ -1053,6 +1129,7 @@ def main():
ramdisk = dict(),
wait = dict(type='bool', default=False),
wait_timeout = dict(default=300),
+ spot_wait_timeout = dict(default=600),
placement_group = dict(),
user_data = dict(),
instance_tags = dict(type='dict'),