I cant seem to find a tool out there, to give me a simple webpage, where I can start/stop my EC2 instances from. The AWS Console is not easy to use for novice users, so I would like a simple webpage built, for the purpose of a user to start or stop an EC2 instance. Good example is getting access to our test instance we use from time to time - maybe we need it for an hour now and thats it and we're not going to need it until in a week again. So instead of paying Amazon for unused instance hours, I would like to ensure we're only having it online the hours needed.
I have the following thought:
1. A webpage with a number of large icons, where each icon represent an EC2 instance that can be started or stopped. These icons will have indicators, so I can easily see if they are started or stopped and what their public IP are. The technical details of these ec2 instances are defined in a simple sql server db.
2. When starting an instance you will be asked for how many hours it should stay online, until stopped (1 hour, 3 hours, 1 day or 3 days). Next to each time interval, it should say what the cost is for that period - the cost is taken from a simple sql server db that I maintain myself.
3. An email reminder is sent out in advance, before the instance is turned off, where there is a link you can press, that will go to this webpage and you have the option to extend the time being online. For instance running 1 hour, an email is sent out 15 minutes in advance. For 3 hours, send email reminder 30 minutes before. For 1 day, send out email reminder 3 hours before. And for 3 days, send out email reminder 24 hours before. The email reminder is sent to the email of the user that originally started the instance.
4. When you start an instance it will aut. get the public IP of that instance and display next to the ec2 icon.
5. This webpage should be protected by username (should be email) and password, and those users would be maintained in a simple sql server db, that knows which users are allowed to start/stop which ec2 instances.
6. All actions are logged in the db, and displayed on the webpage for the ec2 instances that user has access to. This is in order to see when a user (and which user) has started/stopped an instance, how long it has been online, if it has been renewed for more hours and the cost so far.
7. This webpage has to be nice looking, so you need a good graphics mind and thought of user experience, so this webpage will be easy to use and good looking.
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These requirements seem well thought out and make sense. A few changes that I would propose include tying each user of the management to an IAM account. this way, all the actions that they perform under their user ID and can be reported using cloud trail (and not a separate reporting interface we have to maintain on the side).
In terms of determining which users can start and stop each node, I would also recommend tying this to their IAM account. you can tag each server using resource groups and then use IAM policies to govern who can see what. it's always better to centralize where permissions are granted - so I think this is a good bet.
Instead of maintaining a list of servers, would you like the ability for the tool to discover what servers are running? This alone could be a source of wasted spend if you have servers that are running that never should've been there to begin with.
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You could use Amazon EC2 API for this purpose. It has both StartInstances() and StopInstances() functions which are matched with your project requirements. So, if you need to set the online time based on the database input, we could write a script which will record the start-time and online time. And then the script would do the regular check in case there is instance which need to shutdown using StopInstance() function. Let's discuss about your project if you OK with that
I have extensive experience in EC2. I operate my own ec2 environment and have done automation tasks using the EC2 API in the past. My only concern is your listing of ASP and .NET in the skills required. Neither are absolutely necessary for this project. I would likely choose to develop it in python. It may be hosted on linux (my preference) or windows. Either work just fine. No issue connecting to your existing database of system information.
In order to ensure the utility site is the most secure possible, I will use a framework that protects user accounts such that they use the latest in encryption and hashing technologies. User account passwords could be reset by an admin, or password reset links can be sent to an email address on file. The framework I have in mind protects against SQL injection, session side-jacking and XSS. Given this utility will be used for controlling your infrastructure, I feel it is absolutely critical that security be a fundamental design element.
Please feel free to contact me with questions.
Hi, I work with and manage our services on AWS daily at my job. What you have in mind is quite doable. Some notes to keep in mind for these features:
- Instances have to be EBS root instances
- Instances cannot be spot instances
Also if you could please provide some clarifications:
- Should the action log be under one of the buttons on Web page or somewhere else?
- Should you have some master account that can only see the log?
- Are users just manually added to DB? Should there be some login form for the user or can there be just a basic access pop-up on Web page load where user can enter username and password.
If you don't have any strict requirements on the technology then I will prefer to use an Apache server with Java or PHP backend.
The Web page will look good, simple and clear and also be responsive if you want to use easily from mobile devices.
Let me know if you wish to talk more. Thanks.
