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CloudOps Orchestration Service:ACS-ECS-ScheduleToStartAndStopInstances

Last Updated:Dec 25, 2025

Template name

ACS-ECS-ScheduleToStartAndStopInstances - Schedule ECS instances to start and stop

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Template description

Starts and stops Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances on a schedule. This template is useful for scenarios that require regular management of ECS instances, such as automated O&M and cost optimization for development environments. During configuration, you must provide the required parameters to define the scheduling rule: the region ID (`regionId`) of the instances, the daily start time (`dailyStartTime`), the daily stop time (`dailyStopTime`), and the days of the week (`weekdays`). After execution, the template starts and stops the ECS instances based on the configured schedule.

Template type

Automated

Owner

Alibaba Cloud

Input parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Default value

Limit

dailyStartTime

The time when the ECS instances are started each day.

String

Yes

dailyStopTime

The time when the ECS instances are stopped each day.

String

Yes

targets

Target instance

Json

Yes

regionId

The region ID.

String

No

{{ ACS::RegionId }}

weekdays

The cycle of the scheduled task.

String

No

MON-FRI

triggerEndDate

The end time of the scheduled task.

String

No

2099-12-01T00:00:00Z

stoppedMode

Billing for stopped instances

String

No

""

hibernate

Specifies whether to hibernate the ECS instances.

Boolean

No

False

rateControl

Task execution concurrency

Json

No

{'Mode': 'Concurrency', 'MaxErrors': '100%', 'Concurrency': 10}

OOSAssumeRole

The Resource Access Management (RAM) role that is assumed by CloudOps Orchestration Service (OOS).

String

No

AliyunServiceRoleForOOSInstanceScheduler

Output parameters

None

Permission policy that is required to execute the template

{
    "Version": "1",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Action": [
                "ecs:DescribeInstances",
                "ecs:StartInstance",
                "ecs:StopInstance"
            ],
            "Resource": "*",
            "Effect": "Allow"
        },
        {
            "Action": [
                "oos:GetApplicationGroup"
            ],
            "Resource": "*",
            "Effect": "Allow"
        }
    ]
}

Details

For details, see ACS-ECS-ScheduleToStartAndStopInstances.

Template content

FormatVersion: OOS-2019-06-01
Description:
  en: 'Schedule to start and stop ECS instances, applicable to scenarios where regular and scheduled management of ECS instances is required, such as automated operations of development environments and cost optimization. During configuration, users need to provide the following required parameter information: Region ID (regionId), which specifies the region of the ECS instances to be operated on, Daily Start Time (dailyStartTime), Daily Stop Time (dailyStopTime), and the Days of Week (weekdays), which define the schedule for the tasks. Upon execution, the template will start and stop the ECS instances according to the configured schedule.'
  zh-cn: 'Schedule to start and stop ECS instances, applicable to scenarios where regular and scheduled management of ECS instances is required, such as automated operations of development environments and cost optimization. During configuration, users need to provide the following required parameter information: Region ID (regionId), which specifies the region of the ECS instances to be operated on, Daily Start Time (dailyStartTime), Daily Stop Time (dailyStopTime), and the Days of Week (weekdays), which define the schedule for the tasks. Upon execution, the template will start and stop the ECS instances according to the configured schedule.'
  name-en: ACS-ECS-ScheduleToStartAndStopInstances
  name-zh-cn: Schedule to Start and Stop ECS Instances
  categories:
    - time_trigger
Parameters:
  regionId:
    Type: String
    Label:
      en: Region ID
      zh-cn: Region ID
    AssociationProperty: RegionId
    Default: '{{ ACS::RegionId }}'
  dailyStartTime:
    Label:
      en: Daily start time
      zh-cn: Daily start time
    Type: String
    AssociationProperty: DateTime
    AssociationPropertyMetadata:
      Format: 'HH:mm:ssZ'
  dailyStopTime:
    Label:
      en: Daily stop time
      zh-cn: Daily stop time
    Type: String
    AssociationProperty: DateTime
    AssociationPropertyMetadata:
      Format: 'HH:mm:ssZ'
  weekdays:
    Label:
      en: Weekdays
      zh-cn: Weekdays
    Description:
      en: '* indicates daily, MON indicates Monday only, and MON-FRI indicates Monday to Friday. For more information, see https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/document_detail/169784.html'
      zh-cn: '* indicates daily, MON indicates Monday only, and MON-FRI indicates Monday to Friday. For more information, see https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/document_detail/169784.html'
    Type: String
    Default: MON-FRI
  triggerEndDate:
    Label:
      en: Trigger end date
      zh-cn: Trigger end date
    Description:
      en: 'Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ.'
      zh-cn: 'Format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ.'
    Type: String
    AssociationProperty: DateTime
    AssociationPropertyMetadata:
      Format: 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ'
    Default: '2099-12-01T00:00:00Z'
  targets:
    Type: Json
    Label:
      en: Target instance
      zh-cn: Target instance
    AssociationProperty: Targets
    AssociationPropertyMetadata:
      ResourceType: 'ALIYUN::ECS::Instance'
      RegionId: regionId
  stoppedMode:
    Label:
      en: Stopped mode
      zh-cn: Stopped mode
    Description:
      en: Specifies whether to continue billing for a pay-as-you-go ECS instance after it is stopped.
      zh-cn: Specifies whether to continue billing for a pay-as-you-go ECS instance after it is stopped.
    Type: String
    AllowedValues:
      - StopCharging
      - KeepCharging
      - ''
    Default: ''
  hibernate:
    Label:
      en: Hibernate instance
      zh-cn: Hibernate instance
    Type: Boolean
    Default: false
  rateControl:
    Label:
      en: Rate control
      zh-cn: Rate control
    Type: Json
    AssociationProperty: RateControl
    Default:
      Mode: Concurrency
      MaxErrors: 100%
      Concurrency: 10
  OOSAssumeRole:
    Label:
      en: OOSAssumeRole
      zh-cn: OOSAssumeRole
    Type: String
    Default: AliyunServiceRoleForOOSInstanceScheduler
RamRole: '{{ OOSAssumeRole }}'
Tasks:
  - Name: timerTrigger
    Action: 'ACS::TimerTrigger'
    Description:
      en: Triggers a task as scheduled by specifying a cron expression.
      zh-cn: Triggers a task as scheduled by specifying a cron expression.
    Properties:
      Type: cron
      EndDate: '{{ triggerEndDate }}'
      Expression:
        'Fn::Join':
          - ' '
          - - '0'
            - 'Fn::Select':
                - 1
                - 'Fn::Split':
                    - ':'
                    - '{{ dailyStartTime }}'
            - 'Fn::Select':
                - 0
                - 'Fn::Split':
                    - ':'
                    - '{{ dailyStartTime }}'
            - '?'
            - '*'
            - '{{ weekdays }}'
  - Name: getInstance
    Description:
      en: Gets the ECS instances.
      zh-cn: Gets the ECS instances.
    Action: 'ACS::SelectTargets'
    Properties:
      ResourceType: 'ALIYUN::ECS::Instance'
      RegionId: '{{regionId}}'
      Filters:
        - '{{ targets }}'
    Outputs:
      instanceIds:
        Type: List
        ValueSelector: 'Instances.Instance[].InstanceId'
  - Name: startInstance
    Action: 'ACS::ECS::StartInstance'
    Description:
      en: Starts the ECS instances.
      zh-cn: Starts the ECS instances.
    Properties:
      regionId: '{{ regionId }}'
      instanceId: '{{ ACS::TaskLoopItem }}'
    Loop:
      RateControl: '{{ rateControl }}'
      Items: '{{ getInstance.instanceIds }}'
  - Name: sleepToSpecifiedTime
    Description:
      en: Sleeps until the instance stop time.
      zh-cn: Sleeps until the instance stop time.
    Action: 'ACS::Sleep'
    Properties:
      Duration:
        'Fn::DurationBetween':
          - '{{ dailyStartTime }}'
          - '{{ dailyStopTime }}'
  - Name: stopInstance
    Action: 'ACS::ECS::StopInstance'
    Description:
      en: Stops the ECS instances.
      zh-cn: Stops the ECS instances.
    Properties:
      regionId: '{{ regionId }}'
      instanceId: '{{ ACS::TaskLoopItem }}'
      stoppedMode: '{{ stoppedMode }}'
      hibernate: '{{ hibernate }}'
    Loop:
      RateControl: '{{ rateControl }}'
      Items: '{{ getInstance.instanceIds }}'