Amazon EC2 · Arazzo Workflow
Amazon EC2 Stop and Create Image
Version 1.0.0
Stop an instance, wait until stopped, then create an AMI from it.
Provider
Workflows
stop-and-create-image
Quiesce an instance and snapshot it into a reusable AMI.
Chains StopInstances, a DescribeInstances poll loop branching on the stopped state, and CreateImage to produce an AMI from a cleanly stopped instance.
1
stopInstance
stopInstances
Stop the target instance ahead of imaging.
2
pollStopped
describeInstances
Describe the instance and branch on its state, looping while stopping and proceeding once it reports stopped.
3
createImage
createImage
Create an AMI from the stopped instance.