EC2

This check connects to an AWS account with the specified credentials, launch an EC2 instance with an option for userData. This test can be used to check the availability of an ami, account service limits, run backup & restore operations, etc.

apiVersion: canaries.flanksource.com/v1
kind: Canary
metadata:
  name: ec2-check
spec:
  interval: 30
  ec2:
    - name: ec2-check
      ami: ami-04f7efe62f419d9f5
      description: test instance
      accessKeyID:
        valueFrom:
          secretKeyRef:
            name: aws-credentials
            key: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
      secretKey:
        valueFrom:
          secretKeyRef:
            name: aws-credentials
            key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
      region: af-south-1
      userData: |
        #!/bin/bash
        yum install -y httpd
        systemctl start httpd
        systemctl enable httpd
        usermod -a -G apache ec2-user
        chown -R ec2-user:apache /var/www
        chmod 2775 /var/www
        find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 2775 {} \;
        find /var/www -type f -exec chmod 0664 {} \;
      securityGroup: WebAccess

Field	Description	Scheme	Required
accessKey	AWS access Key to access EC2	kommons.EnvVar	Yes
ami	Master image to create EC2 instance from	string
canaryRef	Reference Canary object	[]v1.LocalObjectReference
description	Description for the check	string
endpoint	EC2 instance endpoint	string
icon	Icon for overwriting default icon on the dashboard	string
keepAlive	Toggle keepalive with true or false	bool
name	Name of the check	string
region	EC2 instance region	string
secretKey	AWS secret Key to access EC2 instance	kommons.EnvVar	Yes
securityGroup	Security group to attach to EC2	string
skipTLSVerify	Skip TLS verify when connecting to aws	bool
timeOut	Set keep-alive timeout	int
userData	Configure EC2 instance with user data	string
waitTime	Set wait-time for EC2 instance launch	int