AWS EC2 Virtual Machine Job parameters

The following table describes AWS EMR job parameters.

Parameter

Description

Connection profile

Determines which connection profile is used to connect to AWS EC2.

Operations

Determines one of the following operations to perform on the AWS EC2 Virtual Machine.

  • Create: Create a new virtual machine.
  • Create from Instance Template: Create a new virtual machine based on a template.
  • Start: Start an existing virtual machine.
  • Stop: Stop a running virtual machine.
  • Reboot: Reset a virtual machine.
  • Terminate: Delete an existing virtual machine.

Launch Template ID

Defines the template to use to create a VM from a template.

Instance ID

Defines the name of the VM instance where you want to run the operation.

This parameter is available for all operations except for the Create operations.

Instance Name

Defines the name of a new VM instance for Create operations.

Placement Availability Zone

Determines which AWS EC2 zone to use for a Create operation.

Instance Type

Determines the software requirements of the host computer when you create a new AWS EC2 Virtual Machine.

Subnet ID

Defines the Subnet ID that is required to launch the instance in a Create operation.

Key Name

Defines the security credential key set for a Create operation.

Image ID

Defines the ID of the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that is required to launch the instance in a Create operation.

Number of copies

Determines the number of copies of the VM to create in a Create operation.

Default: 1

Get Instance logs

Determines whether to display logs from the AWS EC2 instance at the end of the job output.

This parameter is available for all operations except for the Terminate operation.

Verification Poll Interval

Determines the number of seconds to wait before job status verification.

Default: 15 seconds

Tolerance

Determines the number of retries to rerun a job.

Default: 2 times

Parent Topic

Job types