Start Instance

The Start Instance step is used to start an EC2 instance.

Prerequisites 

• This step requires the Amazon AWS Module to be installed before it will be available in the toolbox, and an active AWS account. The Amazon WebServices Settings must also be configured.
• A dependency must be created after installing the module in order for the the steps to be properly used.

Properties

Inputs

Common Errors

AWS Was Not Able To Validate the Provided Access Credentials.

If the access credentials established in system settings are invalid, the step will cause an error.

To correct this, ensure the Access Key Id and Secret Access Key are both correct and active.

Exception Message:

Exception Stack Trace: DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.ErrorRunningFlowStep: Error running step Substring 1[Substring] in flow [Display Steps]: Exception invoking method Substring on class StringSteps 
 ---> DecisionsFramework.LoggedException: Exception invoking method Substring on class StringSteps 
 ---> System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index and length must refer to a location within the string. (Parameter 'length')  
   at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)       
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---  
   at DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.StepImplementations.InvokeMethodStep.Run(StepStartData data  at DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.FlowStep.RunStepInternal(String flowTrackingID, String stepTrackingID, KeyValuePairDataStructure[] stepRunDataValues, AbstractFlowTrackingData trackingData)  
   at DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.FlowStep.Start(String flowTrackingID, String stepTrackingID, FlowStateData data, AbstractFlowTrackingData trackingData, RunningStepData currentStepData)       
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---