SYNOPSIS

cloudtask-launch-workers [ -opts ] howmany ( path/to/list-of-ips | - )

DESCRIPTION

Launch new cloud workers and write list of addresses to a file.

cloudtask can launch and destroy cloud workers automatically when needed, but it can also accept a list of pre-allocated workers via the --workers option. This command launches workers and creates a list of addresses which you can feed to cloudtask. This allows you to manage the pool of workers for a task or series of tasks by hand, which may be desirable for various reasons (e.g., launching workers takes time, billing is performed at a 1-hour resolution, etc.)

ARGUMENTS

howmany := number of workers to launch

path/to/list-of-ips := file location to save IP addresses of launched workers. If '-' then print addresses to stdout.

OPTIONS

us-east-1 (Virginia, USA)
us-west-1 (California, USA)
eu-west-1 (Ireland, Europe)
ap-southeast-1 (Singapore, Asia)

t1.micro (1 CPU core, 613M RAM, no tmp storage)
m1.small (1 CPU core, 1.7G RAM, 160G tmp storage)
c1.medium (2 CPU cores, 1.7G RAM, 350G tmp storage)

USAGE EXAMPLES

# create workers.txt file with list of new worker addresses
cloudtask-launch-workers 10 workers.txt

# append list of worker addresses to a file
cloudtask-launch-workers 10 - >> workers.txt

SEE ALSO

cloudtask (8), cloudtask-destroy-workers (8)