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.
I am just wondering if you really need all this functionality that you ask for.
Can you please describe WHAT you usually do with your EC2 machines?
I can provide you with some "Double Click" scripts that start/stop instances that can be scheduled or be called manually.
Another option may also be to change instance type if it is required.
Let me know if you are interested in such a solution and talk about price (i can not bid lower now, since you have set a min of $750)
Hi.
What you need have to be done with server cron job.
I don't like the long speech.
Let's get it done ASAP. as you know time is money. I won't get paid at all if you are not satisfied with my work.
If you need proof for my experience or previous work , just let me know. Will give you bunch of them.
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Hi,
I'm currently a software developer for a mid-sized IT consultancy who has worked extensively with Amazon EC2 and also web development. I have done work with security, databases, and API integration the past 7 years. I'm confident that I can deliver what you're looking for.
At a high-level I see the following components
- Basic authentication against a SQL Server DB
- Authorization against a SQL Server DB
- Ability to stop/start a Amazon EC2 instance
- Ability to select a "live-period" for an instance
- Display of cost for selection and some instance details
- Email reminders
- Ability to extend "live-period"
- Auditing of actions in DB
If I win the bid I will work with you on hammering out any remaining details. I am ready to start immediately.
Assumptions
- No HTTPS/SSL
- SQL Server DB maintained outside of the webpage
Questions
- I see you listed .NET as a skill required, are any other programming languages acceptable (such as Java or Ruby)?
- Where will the webpage be hosted?
- Any restrictions on web technologies? For example HTML5, CSS, JQuery, and the like?
- Are there platform, browser, or mobile requirements?
Please let me if you have any additional questions for me and I'd be glad to let you know more!
Thank you,
Anthony
Hello,
I have a work experience with Amazon EC2 and AWS services in general , And if you need a simple page to test starting and stopping your EC2 instances i can provide that before you accept the bid.
Regards,
Aladin
Hi,
I'm a professional with .net experienced and sql server.
I've been check the amazon api, and its possible to construct the web apps based on ur requirements.
Please let me know further information regarding this project thru pmb.
Thanks
Hello, First of all I must say its really great idea. because I am also using AWS EC2 and many times I forget to stop the instance. Due to that many times I get over billed. I am ronak shah and I have 8+ years of experience in development.
I can use ASP.NET+MVC4+Devexpress for this project.
Because of devexpress you will get really awesome UI.
Don't worry about payment I don't want any upfront payment.'We will divide this development in phases.
So you can see development phase wise and pay phase wise money.
I am always online on skype.
please schedule meeting with me I am really very interested to handle this project.
I can show you some of my previous work and I am sure you will like it.
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I am waiting..
Thank You,
Ronak
Chellenging programming is my passion..
If you are happy with a very fast end easy to start/deploy Node.JS application in order to meet your project requirements, I would be happy to help you...
As a user of AWS EC2 services myself I perfectly understand the problem. While I already successfully played around with the EC2 API tools using the command line interface on a local Windows computer I never tried to implement this into a Web page so far.
Before I will accept the project I will prepare a small example to make sure I'll be able to do the job. This can also be used to demonstrate my skills and provides a prototype to discuss the details.
Please provide me with further details about your technical environment, like the web server that will be used and the database management system. Without going further into detail in the public for now I'm also interested in your thoughts about the security aspects related to your website.
In any case you must be aware that Java Version 5 or later, SDK or JRE, is required in order to use the EC2 API tool. There might be other ways to achieve the goal, but this would be out of my scope.
