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CloudOps Orchestration Service:ACS-ECS-ScheduleToStartInstances

Last Updated:Jan 03, 2025

Template name

ACS-ECS-ScheduleToStartInstances

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Template description

Starts Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances as scheduled. This applies to scenarios in which you want to start ECS instances at the specified time. When you configure this template, you must specify the following parameters: regionId: the region of the ECS instances, cron: the rules that trigger the task, and targets: the ECS instances.

Template type

Automated

Owner

Alibaba Cloud

Input parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Default value

Limit

endDate

The end time of the scheduled task.

String

Yes

targets

The ECS instances to be started.

Json

Yes

regionId

The region ID.

String

No

{{ ACS::RegionId }}

cron

The CRON expression.

String

No

0 0 12 ? * *

timeZone

The time zone.

String

No

UTC

rateControl

The rate control settings.

Json

No

{'Mode': 'Concurrency', 'MaxErrors': 0, 'Concurrency': 10}

OOSAssumeRole

The Resource Access Management (RAM) role that is assumed by CloudOps Orchestration Service (OOS).

String

No

OOSServiceRole

Output parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

instanceIds

List

Permission policy that is required to execute the template

{
    "Version": "1",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Action": [
                "ecs:DescribeInstances",
                "ecs:StartInstance"
            ],
            "Resource": "*",
            "Effect": "Allow"
        }
    ]
}

References

For more information, see ACS-ECS-ScheduleToStartInstances.yml at GitHub.

Template content

FormatVersion: OOS-2019-06-01
Description:
  en: 'Schedule to start the ECS instances, applicable to scenarios where ECS instances need to be started at scheduled times, such as automatically starting development or test environments within specific periods. During configuration, users need to provide the following required parameter information: Region ID (regionId), which specifies the region of the ECS instances to be operated on, Cron Expression (cron), which defines the schedule for the task, and Target Instances (targets), which defines the specific ECS instances to be operated on. Upon execution, the template will start the ECS instances according to the configured schedule.'
  zh-cn: the description in Chinese
  name-en: ACS-ECS-ScheduleToStartInstances
  name-zh-cn: the description in Chinese
  categories:
    - time_trigger
Parameters:
  regionId:
    Type: String
    Label:
      en: RegionId
      zh-cn: the description in Chinese
    AssociationProperty: RegionId
    Default: '{{ ACS::RegionId }}'
  cron:
    Description:
      en: 'refer them here: https://help.aliyun.com/document_detail/169784.html'
      zh-cn: the description in Chinese
    Label:
      en: CronExpression
      zh-cn: the description in Chinese
    Type: String
    AssociationProperty: Cron
    Default: 0 0 12 ?  * *
  endDate:
    Description:
      en: 'Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ.'
      zh-cn: the description in Chinese
    Label:
      en: EndDate
      zh-cn: the description in Chinese
    Type: String
    AssociationProperty: DateTime
    AssociationPropertyMetadata:
      Format: 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ'
  timeZone:
    Label:
      en: TimeZone
      zh-cn: the description in Chinese
    Type: String
    AssociationProperty: TimeZone
    Default: UTC
  targets:
    Type: Json
    Label:
      en: TargetInstance
      zh-cn: the description in Chinese
    AssociationProperty: Targets
    AssociationPropertyMetadata:
      ResourceType: 'ALIYUN::ECS::Instance'
      RegionId: regionId
  rateControl:
    Label:
      en: RateControl
      zh-cn: the description in Chinese
    Type: Json
    AssociationProperty: RateControl
    Default:
      Mode: Concurrency
      MaxErrors: 0
      Concurrency: 10
  OOSAssumeRole:
    Label:
      en: OOSAssumeRole
      zh-cn: the description in Chinese
    Type: String
    Default: OOSServiceRole
RamRole: '{{ OOSAssumeRole }}'
Tasks:
- Name: timerTrigger
  Action: ACS::TimerTrigger
  Description:
    en: Triggers a task as scheduled by specifying type and expression
    zh-cn: the description in Chinese
  Properties:
    Type: cron
    Expression: '{{ cron }}'
    EndDate: '{{ endDate }}'
    TimeZone: '{{ timeZone }}'
- Name: getInstance
  Description:
    en: Views the ECS instances.
    zh-cn: the description in Chinese 
  Action: ACS::SelectTargets
  Properties:
    ResourceType: ALIYUN::ECS::Instance
    RegionId: '{{ regionId }}'
    Filters:
      - '{{ targets }}'
  Outputs:
    instanceIds:
      Type: List
      ValueSelector: Instances.Instance[].InstanceId
- Name: startInstance
  Action: ACS::ECS::StartInstance
  Description:
    en: Starts the ECS instances.
    zh-cn: the description in Chinese 
  Properties:
    regionId: '{{ regionId }}'
    instanceId: '{{ ACS::TaskLoopItem }}'
  Loop:
    RateControl: '{{ rateControl }}'
    Items: '{{ getInstance.instanceIds }}'
Outputs:
  instanceIds:
    Type: List
    Value: '{{ getInstance.instanceIds }}'
Metadata:
  ALIYUN::OOS::Interface:
    ParameterGroups:
      - Parameters:
          - timeZone
          - cron
          - endDate
        Label:
          default:
            zh-cn: the description in Chinese
            en: Timer Trigger Configure
      - Parameters:
          - regionId
          - targets
        Label:
          default:
            zh-cn: the description in Chinese
            en: Select ECS Instances
      - Parameters:
          - rateControl
          - OOSAssumeRole
        Label:
          default:
            zh-cn: the description in Chinese
            en: Control Options