Spot Event Configuration Utility¶
Overview¶
Originally, the Spot Fleet Request JSON Dictionary configuration had to be created exclusively using the AWS Management Console’s EC2 Service > Spot Requests section.
A scripted utility for configuring the Spot Event Plugin’s Spot Fleet Requests is available in Deadline v10.1.14 and higher.
Accessing The Utility¶
The Spot Event Configuration Utility can be accessed through the Scripts menu, under Configuration.
Using The Utility¶
The configuration dialog uses the existing configurations as a starting point.
If the Spot Event Plugin has already been configured on your system, the dialog will use your existing credentials and configurations.
The dialog displayes a list of all existing configurations, and offers option to edit or create new configurations.
To edit, double-click on a row, or right-click a row and select an Open In… option.
There are three modes of configuration creation. They all let you pick a Deadline Group and optional Deadline Pools as defined in your Deadline setup:
Quick Create
- Create From Launch Template
- This mode allows you to select an existing EC2 Launch Template from your AWS account.
Warning
Note that you must add the following key/value pair as a Tag in the Launch template for it to work properly with the Resource Tracker:'DeadlineTrackedAWSResource':'SpotEventPlugin'
.Not adding this Tag will cause the termination of your instances as unhealthy by the Resource Tracker if it is running!