Support for IAM Roles Added
Until today, you had to register an Amazon Access Key with Skeddly in order for Skeddly to perform actions on your AWS resources. Access Keys are still supported, but a new, preferred, way has been added to Skeddly: IAM roles.
Second Generation RDS Instance Classes Supported
Amazon recently added support for the second generation (m3) of instance types to Amazon RDS.
We are happy to say that Skeddly supports these new class types as well.
SSD Redshift Clusters Now Supported
Last week, Amazon announced the availability of two new SSD-based node types for Redshift. The announcement can be read here: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/faster-cost-effective-ssd-storage-options-for-amazon-redshift/.
Redshift Actions Added for Snapshots and Clusters
Amazon Redshift is a powerful tool for large-scale data analysis.
Today, we’re happy to announce that Skeddly has added 5 new actions to help you manage your Redshift cluster:
- Create Redshift Snapshot
- Delete Redshift Snapshots
- Restore Redshift Cluster
- Delete Redshift Clusters
- Resize Redshift Cluster
These new actions give you tools to manage your Redshift snapshots and clusters. Let’s take a closer look.
Skeddly Supports m3.medium and m3.large Instance Types
Today, Amazon announced 2 new instance types to add to the M3 family: m3.medium and m3.large. That announcement can be read here:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-update-new-m3-features-reduced-ebs-prices-reduced-s3-prices/
We are happy to also announce that Skeddly supports these new instance types when launching instances, changing instance types, and requesting spot instances.
Create Multiple EBS Snapshots
Today we released a new action into the Skeddly repertoire: Create Multiple EBS Snapshots.
This new action combines some of the best features of the “Create EBS Snapshot” action and the “Backup Multiple EC2 Instances” action.
Backup MySQL Server Actions Now Support VPC
Our Backup MySQL Server action now supports VPC. Until now, the helper instance that is launched had to run outside of VPC. Now we have added a field for your VPC’s Subnet ID (and optionally private IP address).
Using these new options, you can launch your helper instance inside your VPC so it can access your RDS instances inside your VPC.
Please note that spot instances currently do not support the assignment of a private IP address.
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