AWS Provider for DevPod

Getting started

The provider is available for auto-installation using

devpod provider add aws
devpod provider use aws

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup.

Needed variables will be:

• AWS_REGION or AWS_DEFAULT_REGION

The provider will inherit the login information from aws cli or you can specify in your environment, or in the provider options, the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID= and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=

Creating your first devpod env with aws

After the initial setup, just use:

devpod up .

You'll need to wait for the machine and environment setup.

Customize the VM Instance

This provider has the following options

NAME	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION	DEFAULT
AWS_AMI	false	The disk image to use.	latest ubuntu in the region with proper architecture for the instance
AWS_DISK_SIZE	false	The disk size to use.	40
AWS_ROOT_DEVICE	false	The ID of the root device.	The RootDeviceName property of the AMI, or /dev/sda1 if undefined
AWS_INSTANCE_TYPE	false	The machine type to use.	c5.xlarge
AWS_REGION	true	The aws cloud region to create the VM
AWS_VPC_ID	false	The vpc id to use.
AWS_SECURITY_GROUP_ID	false	The security group ID is a comma separated list of IDs for the VM	created if not specified
AWS_SUBNET_ID	false	The subnet ID for the VM	created if not specified
AWS_INSTANCE_TAGS	false	Additional flags for the VM in the form of "Name=XXX,Value=YYY "
AWS_INSTANCE_PROFILE_ARN	false	The ARN of the instance profile to use for the VM	created if not specified

You will need an user profile able to: - Create/Start/Stop/Destroy instances - Create/Destroy security groups - Create/Destroy subnets - Create/Destroy instance profiles

Alternatively you'll need to provide the IDs/ARNs of the already created resources. Instance Create/Start/Stop/Destroy permissions are mandatory for how the provider itself works.

Options can either be set in env or on the command line, for example:

devpod provider set-options -o AWS_AMI=my-custom-ami

You can use a variety of AWS_INSTANCE_TYPE, from this list, they include AMD, Intel and ARM64 instances, the list is automatically suggested when using the GUI application.