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POST /#Action=CreateInstanceEventWindow

Creates an event window in which scheduled events for the associated Amazon EC2 instances can run.

You can define either a set of time ranges or a cron expression when creating the event window, but not both. All event window times are in UTC.

You can create up to 200 event windows per Amazon Web Services Region.

When you create the event window, targets (instance IDs, Dedicated Host IDs, or tags) are not yet associated with it. To ensure that the event window can be used, you must associate one or more targets with it by using the AssociateInstanceEventWindow API.

Event windows are applicable only for scheduled events that stop, reboot, or terminate instances.

Event windows are not applicable for:

For more information, see Define event windows for scheduled events in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Servers

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
X-Amz-Content-Sha256 String No
X-Amz-Credential String No
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "text/xml"
X-Amz-Date String No
X-Amz-Algorithm String No
X-Amz-SignedHeaders String No
X-Amz-Security-Token String No
X-Amz-Signature String No

Query parameters

Name Type Required Description
Version String Yes

Possible values:

  • "2016-11-15"
Action String Yes

Possible values:

  • "CreateInstanceEventWindow"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
TagSpecifications[] Array No

The tags to apply to the event window.
Name String No

The name of the event window.
CronExpression String No

The cron expression for the event window, for example, * 0-4,20-23 * * 1,5. If you specify a cron expression, you can't specify a time range.

Constraints:

  • Only hour and day of the week values are supported.

  • For day of the week values, you can specify either integers 0 through 6, or alternative single values SUN through SAT.

  • The minute, month, and year must be specified by *.

  • The hour value must be one or a multiple range, for example, 0-4 or 0-4,20-23.

  • Each hour range must be >= 2 hours, for example, 0-2 or 20-23.

  • The event window must be >= 4 hours. The combined total time ranges in the event window must be >= 4 hours.

For more information about cron expressions, see cron on the Wikipedia website.
DryRun Boolean No

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.
TimeRanges[] Array No

The time range for the event window. If you specify a time range, you can't specify a cron expression.

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