Use RunScheduledInstances with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use RunScheduledInstances.

CLI

AWS CLI

To launch a Scheduled Instance

This example launches the specified Scheduled Instance in a VPC.

Command:

aws ec2 run-scheduled-instances --scheduled-instance-id sci-1234-1234-1234-1234-123456789012 --instance-count 1 --launch-specification file://launch-specification.json

Launch-specification.json:

{
  "ImageId": "ami-12345678",
  "KeyName": "my-key-pair",
  "InstanceType": "c4.large",
  "NetworkInterfaces": [
    {
        "DeviceIndex": 0,
        "SubnetId": "subnet-12345678",
        "AssociatePublicIpAddress": true,
        "Groups": ["sg-12345678"]
    }
  ],
  "IamInstanceProfile": {
      "Name": "my-iam-role"
  }
}

Output:

{
  "InstanceIdSet": [
      "i-1234567890abcdef0"
  ]
}

This example launches the specified Scheduled Instance in EC2-Classic.

Command:

aws ec2 run-scheduled-instances --scheduled-instance-id sci-1234-1234-1234-1234-123456789012 --instance-count 1 --launch-specification file://launch-specification.json

Launch-specification.json:

{
  "ImageId": "ami-12345678",
  "KeyName": "my-key-pair",
  "SecurityGroupIds": ["sg-12345678"],
  "InstanceType": "c4.large",
  "Placement": {
    "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2b"
  }
  "IamInstanceProfile": {
      "Name": "my-iam-role"
  }
}

Output:

{
  "InstanceIdSet": [
      "i-1234567890abcdef0"
  ]
}

• For API details, see RunScheduledInstances in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example launches the specified Scheduled Instance.

New-EC2ScheduledInstance -ScheduledInstanceId sci-1234-1234-1234-1234-123456789012 -InstanceCount 1 `
-IamInstanceProfile_Name my-iam-role `
-LaunchSpecification_ImageId ami-12345678 `
-LaunchSpecification_InstanceType c4.large `
-LaunchSpecification_SubnetId subnet-12345678`
-LaunchSpecification_SecurityGroupId sg-12345678

• For API details, see RunScheduledInstances in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.