Support for deleting EC2 Mac Instances in AWS

[mvinkler]

Can you add support for deleting EC2 Mac Instances in AWS?

[jyejare]

@mvinkler Sounds interesting!

Just looked at the link you shared in the doc. With the first look I believe there is no vital difference between a non-mac instance (VM) and Mac instance (VM).

So the current implementation for removing the EC2 instance/VM from AWS should be good enough. It is just that you need to remember the instance prepended and the running time should match the cleanup criteria from https://github.com/RedHatQE/cloudwash/blob/master/settings.yaml.template settings file.

If you have different thought please feel free to discuss here.

[mvinkler]

Hi @jyejare,
it's actually not that simple.
Process for running Mac instances:
aws ec2 allocate-hosts allocates HW machine (Mac Mini).
aws ec2 run-instances installs selected macOS on the Mac Mini.
Process for teardown:
aws ec2 terminate-instances deletes the macOS from the Mac Mini
aws ec2 release-hosts releases the HW machine.

• HW machine cannot be released if there is a running instance bound to it.
• there is a 24-hour minimum allocation period to comply with the Apple macOS Software License Agreement
• At the end of the 24-hour minimum allocation period, the host can be released at any time (provided there is no running instance bound to it)