Stop and start server instances according to schedule via lambda and terraform

• Terraform

• Python 2.x. For windows need a python env installed as per

http://www.tylerbutler.com/2012/05/how-to-install-python-pip-and-virtualenv-on-windows-with-powershell/

• For Windows: a bash client to run deploy.sh (can get from git for windows )

• in a command windows go to the directory

• ./deploy.sh (builds the zip file for lambda)

• terraform apply (run terraform to deploy)

• if you set the code 'create_schedule_tag_force = True' in the 'aws-scheduler.py' script it with create a default schedule tag for each instance it finds.

• Other options are in the 'aws-scheduler.cfg' file.

• time can be local or gmt.

• It works by setting a tag (default name schedule) to a json string giving the stop and start time hour for each day.