What is "Action" ?

An "Action" in Job Automation is a setting item that specifies the job operation excuted by the trigger.

When creating Jobs, select the Action which matches to intended operation from the following list and configure the items required for that Action.

Depending on the Action, you can operate multiple resources with a single job by entering the tag, configured at AWS resource, at the Action settings. At that time, please note that the maximum number of AWS resources that can be operated for each Action is set in the Cloud Automator.

Resource Action Explanation Restriction
EC2 EC2: Start instance You can start Amazon EC2 instance Up-to 200 instances
EC2: Stop instance You can stop Amazon EC2 instance Up-to 200 instances
EC2: Stop All instances Stop all running Amazon EC2 instances in all regions for multiple AWS accounts at once  
EC2: Change instance type You can change instance type of Amazon EC2 instance Up-to 200 instances
EC2: Send command on instance Execute designated command at Amazon EC2 instance Up-to 50 instances
EC2: Windows Update to instance Perform Windows Update to Amazon EC2 instance Up-to 50 instances
EC2: Windows Update to instance (Old version) Perform Windows Update to Amazon EC2 instance Up-to 50 instances
EC2: Windows Update to instance (New version) Perform Windows Update to Amazon EC2 instance Up-to 50 instances
EC2: Backup instance Backup Amazon EC2 instance Up-to 50 instances
AMI EC2: Create AMI You can create Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from Amazon EC2 instance Up-to 200 instances
EC2: Copy AMI You can copy AMI to other region  
EC2: Delete old AMIs and Snapshots Deregister old AMIs and delete their associated EBS snapshots in all regions at once Yes (See corresponding manual for details)
EBS EC2: Create EBS snapshot You can create snapshot for Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Up-to 200 EBS volumes
EC2: Copy EBS snapshot You can copy EBS snapshot to other region Up-to 200 EBS snapshots
EC2: Delete old EBS snapshots Delete old EBS snapshots in all regions at once Yes (See corresponding manual for details)
ELB(CLB) ELB(CLB): Register EC2 instance You can register EC2 instance to ELB(CLB) Up-to 200 instances
ELB(CLB): De-register EC2 instance You can de-register EC2 instance from ELB(CLB) Up-to 200 instances
ELB(ALB/NLB): Register EC2 instances to target group Register EC2 instances to a target group NA
ELB(ALB/NLB): Deregister EC2 instances from target group Deregister EC2 instances from a target group NA
ECS ECS: Run task (Fargate) Run an ECS task using Fargate

Only "Fargate launch type" is supported

Only "Linux" platform is supported

Only "awsvpc network mode" is supported for task networking

ECS: Stop task Stop an ECS task

NA

IAM IAM: Attach Policy to IAM User You can attach IAM policy to designated IAM user NA
IAM: Detach policy from IAM User You can detach IAM policy from designated IAM user NA
Lambda Lambda: Invoke function Invoke a Lambda function in the specified region NA
Security Group EC2: Authorize security group ingress You can add inbound rule to security group Up-to 30 security groups
EC2: Revoke security group ingress You can delete inbound rule from security group Up-to 30 security groups
RDS RDS: Start DB instance Start DB instance, which has been stopped, at Amazon RDS Up-to 40 instances
RDS: Stop DB instance Stop DB instance, which has been running, at Amazon RDS Up-to 40 instances
RDS: Reboot DB instance Reboot a running Amazon RDS DB instance Up-to 40 instances
RDS: Delete DB instance Delete DB instance at Amazon RDS Up-to 40 instances
RDS: Create DB snapshot Create DB snapshot from DB instance of Amazon RDS Up-to 150 instances
RDS: Copy DB snapshot Copy DB snapshot at Amazon RDS to other region NA
RDS: Restore from DB snapshot Restore DB instance from DB snapshot for Amazon RDS Up-to 1 instances
RDS: Change DB instance class Change the DB instance class of an Amazon RDS instance Up-to 5 instances
RDS: Backup DB instance Start an on-demand backup job in AWS Backup for the specified Amazon RDS DB instance Up-to 200 instances
RDS(Aurora) RDS(Aurora): Start DB cluster Start Amazon Aurora DB Cluster Up-to 40 clusters
RDS(Aurora): Stop DB cluster Stop Amazon Aurora DB cluster Up-to 40 clusters
RDS(Aurora): Delete DB cluster Delete DB cluster managed by Amazon Aurora Up-to 1 cluster
RDS(Aurora): Create DB cluster snapshot Create DB cluster snapshot from DB cluster managed by Amazon Aurora Up-to 40 instances
RDS(Aurora): Copy DB cluster snapshot Copy a DB cluster snapshot to another region NA
RDS(Aurora): Restore DB cluster from DB cluster snapshot Restore DB cluster from DB cluster snapshot managed by Amazon Aurora Up-to 1 cluster
RDS(Aurora): Change DB instance class Change the DB instance class of an Amazon Aurora instance Up-to 5 instances
RDS(Aurora): Delete old DB cluster snapshots Delete old DB cluster snapshots in all regions at once Yes (See corresponding manual for details)
Route 53 Route 53: Update Resource Record Set You can update the record which is registered at Amazon Route53 hosted zone NA
Redshift Redshift: Delete cluster Delete Amazon Redshift cluster Up-to 1 cluster
Redshift: Restore from snapshot Restore Amazon Redshift cluster from Amazon Redshift cluster snapshot Up-to 1 cluster
Redshift: Create snapshot Create an Amazon Redshift snapshot Up-to 50 clusters
S3 S3: Backup bucket Start an on-demand backup job in AWS Backup for the specified Amazon S3 bucket Up-to 1 bucket
DynamoDB DynamoDB: Backup table Start an on-demand backup job in AWS Backup for the specified DynamoDB table NA
EFS EFS: Backup file system Start an on-demand backup job in AWS Backup for the specified Amazon Elastic File System NA
FSx FSx: Create a backup Create a backup from an Amazon FSx file system Up-to 10 file systems
WorkSpaces WorkSpaces: Start WorkSpace Start an Amazon WorkSpace

Up-to 100 WorkSpaces

Only for WorkSpaces in AutoStop mode

WorkSpaces: Reboot WorkSpace Reboot an Amazon WorkSpace Up-to 100 WorkSpaces
WorkSpaces: Remove WorkSpace You can remove WorkSpaces NA
WorkSpaces: Rebuild WorkSpace Rebuild an Amazon WorkSpace Up-to 1 WorkSpace

Google Cloud Actions

Resource Action Explanation Restriction
Compute Engine Compute Engine: Start VM instance Start VM instance

Up-to 24 VM instances

Compute Engine: Stop VM instance Stop VM instance

Up-to 24 VM instances

Compute Engine: Create Machine Image Create machine image

Up-to 24 VM instances

Other Actions

Resource Action Explanation Restriction
Other Other: Delay Wait for the specified time (unit: minutes) and then finish

Up-to 60 minutes

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