Schedule EC2 Power on and off using Windows task scheduler

Hi Guys,

Here am going to explain how to create the Task in task scheduler. It will start and stop your ec2 instances in the scheduled time interval.

Prerequisites

1.AWS Cli 2.IAM User with Ec2 Start and stop Rights 3.Configure AWS IAM user in your windows instance 4.create two batch files 5.Create the task in task scheduler

1.AWS CLI Tools installed in your PC

Install it using this command.

msiexec.exe /i https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.msi

Verify the AWS Cli version in command line.

2.IAM User with Ec2 Start and stop Rights

Create the Policy with EC2 start and stop rights.

{
 "Version": "2012-10-17",
 "Statement": [
   {
    "Effect": "Allow",
    "Action": [
     "ec2:DescribeInstances",
     "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
     "ec2:DescribeTags"
    ],
   "Resource": "*"
   },
    {
    "Effect": "Allow",
    "Action": [
     "ec2:StartInstances",
     "ec2:StopInstances",
     "ec2:RebootInstances"
    ],
   "Resource": "*"
   }
  ]
}

Create the user and attach the policy

Finally download the credentials.

3.Configure AWS IAM user in your windows instance

Open your command line and type AWS Configure.

aws configure

Its asks the Access key ID,Secret access key,region and default output format.

Now you configured your AWS IAM user credentials in your pc. to check for that execute the below command.

aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=instance-state-name,Values=stopped"

Its list the stopped state instances.

4.create two batch files

Create two batch files stat instance and stop instance.

To start the instance

aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-0980fe3b109f08bc0

To stop the instance

aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids i-0980fe3b109f08bc0

Paste the content in notepad and save as .bat format.

5.Create the task in task scheduler

Open task scheduler -> create basic task->select daily interval->select your time->start the program->select your start instance batch file ->and finish.