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CreateCluster

Important

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Creates an empty cluster. Each cluster supports five nodes. You use the CreateJob action separately to create the jobs for each of these nodes. The cluster does not ship until these five node jobs have been created.

Request Syntax


{
   "AddressId": "string",
   "Description": "string",
   "ForceCreateJobs": boolean,
   "ForwardingAddressId": "string",
   "InitialClusterSize": number,
   "JobType": "string",
   "KmsKeyARN": "string",
   "LongTermPricingIds": [ "string" ],
   "Notification": { 
      "DevicePickupSnsTopicARN": "string",
      "JobStatesToNotify": [ "string" ],
      "NotifyAll": boolean,
      "SnsTopicARN": "string"
   },
   "OnDeviceServiceConfiguration": { 
      "EKSOnDeviceService": { 
         "EKSAnywhereVersion": "string",
         "KubernetesVersion": "string"
      },
      "NFSOnDeviceService": { 
         "StorageLimit": number,
         "StorageUnit": "string"
      },
      "S3OnDeviceService": { 
         "FaultTolerance": number,
         "ServiceSize": number,
         "StorageLimit": number,
         "StorageUnit": "string"
      },
      "TGWOnDeviceService": { 
         "StorageLimit": number,
         "StorageUnit": "string"
      }
   },
   "RemoteManagement": "string",
   "Resources": { 
      "Ec2AmiResources": [ 
         { 
            "AmiId": "string",
            "SnowballAmiId": "string"
         }
      ],
      "LambdaResources": [ 
         { 
            "EventTriggers": [ 
               { 
                  "EventResourceARN": "string"
               }
            ],
            "LambdaArn": "string"
         }
      ],
      "S3Resources": [ 
         { 
            "BucketArn": "string",
            "KeyRange": { 
               "BeginMarker": "string",
               "EndMarker": "string"
            },
            "TargetOnDeviceServices": [ 
               { 
                  "ServiceName": "string",
                  "TransferOption": "string"
               }
            ]
         }
      ]
   },
   "RoleARN": "string",
   "ShippingOption": "string",
   "SnowballCapacityPreference": "string",
   "SnowballType": "string",
   "TaxDocuments": { 
      "IND": { 
         "GSTIN": "string"
      }
   }
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

AddressId

The ID for the address that you want the cluster shipped to.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 40.

Pattern: ADID[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}

Required: Yes

Description

An optional description of this specific cluster, for example Environmental Data Cluster-01.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: .*

Required: No

ForceCreateJobs

Force to create cluster when user attempts to overprovision or underprovision a cluster. A cluster is overprovisioned or underprovisioned if the initial size of the cluster is more (overprovisioned) or less (underprovisioned) than what needed to meet capacity requirement specified with OnDeviceServiceConfiguration.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

ForwardingAddressId

This field is not supported in your region.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 40.

Pattern: ADID[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}

Required: No

InitialClusterSize

If provided, each job will be automatically created and associated with the new cluster. If not provided, will be treated as 0.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 16.

Required: No

JobType

The type of job for this cluster. Currently, the only job type supported for clusters is LOCAL_USE.

For information about Snowball Edge device types, Device hardware information in the Snowball Edge Developer Guide.

Type: String

Valid Values: IMPORT | EXPORT | LOCAL_USE

Required: Yes

KmsKeyARN

The KmsKeyARN value that you want to associate with this cluster. KmsKeyARN values are created by using the CreateKey API action in AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS).

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: arn:aws.*:kms:.*:[0-9]{12}:key/.*

Required: No

LongTermPricingIds

Lists long-term pricing id that will be used to associate with jobs automatically created for the new cluster.

Type: Array of strings

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 41.

Pattern: LTPID[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}

Required: No

Notification

The Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) notification settings for this cluster.

Type: Notification object

Required: No

OnDeviceServiceConfiguration

Specifies the service or services on the Snowball Edge device that your transferred data will be exported from or imported into. AWS Snowball Edge device clusters support Amazon S3 and NFS (Network File System).

Type: OnDeviceServiceConfiguration object

Required: No

RemoteManagement

Allows you to securely operate and manage Snow devices in a cluster remotely from outside of your internal network. When set to INSTALLED_AUTOSTART, remote management will automatically be available when the device arrives at your location. Otherwise, you need to use the Snowball Client to manage the device.

Type: String

Valid Values: INSTALLED_ONLY | INSTALLED_AUTOSTART | NOT_INSTALLED

Required: No

Resources

The resources associated with the cluster job. These resources include Amazon S3 buckets and optional AWS Lambda functions written in the Python language.

Type: JobResource object

Required: No

RoleARN

The RoleARN that you want to associate with this cluster. RoleArn values are created by using the CreateRole API action in AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: arn:aws.*:iam::[0-9]{12}:role/.*

Required: No

ShippingOption

The shipping speed for each node in this cluster. This speed doesn't dictate how soon you'll get each Snowball Edge device, rather it represents how quickly each device moves to its destination while in transit. Regional shipping speeds are as follows:

In Australia, you have access to express shipping. Typically, Snow devices shipped express are delivered in about a day.
In the European Union (EU), you have access to express shipping. Typically, Snow devices shipped express are delivered in about a day. In addition, most countries in the EU have access to standard shipping, which typically takes less than a week, one way.
In India, Snow devices are delivered in one to seven days.
In the United States of America (US), you have access to one-day shipping and two-day shipping.

In Australia, you have access to express shipping. Typically, devices shipped express are delivered in about a day.
In the European Union (EU), you have access to express shipping. Typically, Snow devices shipped express are delivered in about a day. In addition, most countries in the EU have access to standard shipping, which typically takes less than a week, one way.
In India, Snow devices are delivered in one to seven days.
In the US, you have access to one-day shipping and two-day shipping.

Type: String

Valid Values: SECOND_DAY | NEXT_DAY | EXPRESS | STANDARD

Required: Yes

SnowballCapacityPreference

If your job is being created in one of the US regions, you have the option of specifying what size Snow device you'd like for this job. In all other regions, Snowballs come with 80 TB in storage capacity.

For information about Snowball Edge device types, see Device hardware information in the Snowball Edge Developer Guide.

Type: String

Valid Values: T50 | T80 | T100 | T42 | T98 | T8 | T14 | T32 | NoPreference | T240 | T13

Required: No

SnowballType

The type of Snow Family devices to use for this cluster.

Note

For cluster jobs, AWS Snowball Edge currently supports only the EDGE device type.

For information about Snowball Edge device types, see Device hardware information in the Snowball Edge Developer Guide.

Type: String

Required: Yes

TaxDocuments

The tax documents required in your AWS Region.

Type: TaxDocuments object

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "ClusterId": "string",
   "JobListEntries": [ 
      { 
         "CreationDate": number,
         "Description": "string",
         "IsMaster": boolean,
         "JobId": "string",
         "JobState": "string",
         "JobType": "string",
         "SnowballType": "string"
      }
   ]
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

ClusterId

The automatically generated ID for a cluster.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 39.

Pattern: CID[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}

JobListEntries

List of jobs created for this cluster. For syntax, see ListJobsResult$JobListEntries in this guide.

Type: Array of JobListEntry objects

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

Ec2RequestFailedException

Your user lacks the necessary Amazon EC2 permissions to perform the attempted action.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidInputCombinationException

Job or cluster creation failed. One or more inputs were invalid. Confirm that the CreateCluster:SnowballType value supports your CreateJob:JobType, and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidResourceException

The specified resource can't be found. Check the information you provided in your last request, and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

KMSRequestFailedException

The provided AWS Key Management Service key lacks the permissions to perform the specified CreateJob or UpdateJob action.

HTTP Status Code: 400