[feature request] Allow requesting spot instance instead of an on-demand instance.

[ohinds]

It would be nice to be able to request a spot instance when it fits the use-case, to reduce cost.

I think it would be straightforward to add a conditional in startEc2Instance (or another function entirely) to call requestSpotInstances instead of runInstances here.

[Preen]

+1

[troinine]

This would be a great addition. The current AWS SDK for Javascript v2 EC2.runInstances() allows definition of market options which would probably serve a good amount of use cases.

requestSpotInstances is deprecated and should not be used as per https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-best-practices.html#which-spot-request-method-to-use

[tknisch]

+1 for this!

[troinine]

Proposing to address this with #171. I have conducted few tests with an actual AWS account.

[Preen]

If I look at the pull requests, Im a bit worried that this repo isnt maintained anymore?

[Preen]

@tonyhutter u were the last to commit changes to this Repo. Maybe you can take a look at the proposed solution?

[Dmitry1987]

If I look at the pull requests, Im a bit worried that this repo isnt maintained anymore?

the maintainer is looking for others who can take over the support and maintenance #172 i proposed to help, will do my best within limited scope, but we need more people 💯 . let's see what the decision will be. not many chime in so far though 😓 because nobody sees the announcement, it should be inserted to the readme header.