Introduction to Always On

Elastic Cloud Gate Always On feature allows monitoring of the status of EC2 Instances.

Always On checks the status of the EC2 Instance each minute.

When the EC2 Instance monitoring status is not in Running mode, Always On attempts to start the instance.

Always On can be setup to monitor given instance 24/7 or during certain weekdays or between given hours.

Always On Setup

Follow these steps to setup Always On:

From the Main Menu, select EC2 from the EC2 section.

From EC2 Instance menu, select Schedule Always On.

In the Always On schedule window, check days and enter start and end time for instance monitoring.

Examples:

• To monitor instance 24/7, leave all options blank.

• To monitor instance every day only between specified hours, leave days unchecked and enter Starting At and Ending At times.

• To monitor instance 24 hours/day only during weekdays, leave Starting At and Ending At blank and check days you want instance monitoring.

• To monitor instance during given weekdays and between certain hours, check days and enter Starting At and Ending At times.

Click Save.

If an EC2 Instance requires more robust flexibility in monitoring (hours/days), you can schedule multiple Always On settings for the same EC2 Instance to meet your needs.

Example: you can create schedules to monitor EC2 instance:

1. Mon-Friday 24h

2. Sat-Sun from 8AM to 8PM

Always On Updating

To update Always On: click Edit, make necessary changes, click Save.

To delete Always On, click Delete.

If you need to stop an EC2 Instance that is monitored by Always On, you can suspend Always On by clicking Suspend.

To resume monitoring, click Resume.