Spot by NetApp · Schema

Spot Elastigroup

An Elastigroup is Spot by NetApp's intelligent auto-scaling group that uses Spot/Preemptible instances to reduce cloud costs while maintaining availability

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Properties

Name Type Description
id string Unique Elastigroup identifier (assigned on creation)
name string Descriptive name for the Elastigroup
description string Optional description of the Elastigroup purpose
region string Cloud provider region (e.g., us-east-1, eastus, us-central1)
capacity object Capacity configuration for the Elastigroup
strategy object Spot instance strategy and fallback behavior
compute object Compute configuration including instance types and AMI
createdAt string Timestamp when the Elastigroup was created
updatedAt string Timestamp when the Elastigroup was last updated
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JSON Schema

spot-elastigroup-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api.spotinst.io/schemas/elastigroup",
  "title": "Spot Elastigroup",
  "description": "An Elastigroup is Spot by NetApp's intelligent auto-scaling group that uses Spot/Preemptible instances to reduce cloud costs while maintaining availability",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["name", "region", "capacity", "compute"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique Elastigroup identifier (assigned on creation)"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Descriptive name for the Elastigroup",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 36
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional description of the Elastigroup purpose"
    },
    "region": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Cloud provider region (e.g., us-east-1, eastus, us-central1)"
    },
    "capacity": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Capacity configuration for the Elastigroup",
      "required": ["minimum", "maximum", "target"],
      "properties": {
        "minimum": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Minimum number of instances",
          "minimum": 0
        },
        "maximum": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Maximum number of instances",
          "minimum": 1
        },
        "target": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Desired number of instances",
          "minimum": 0
        },
        "unit": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["instance", "weight"],
          "description": "Capacity unit type"
        }
      }
    },
    "strategy": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Spot instance strategy and fallback behavior",
      "properties": {
        "risk": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Percentage of Spot instances (0-100)",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 100
        },
        "onDemandCount": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Number of On-Demand instances to maintain",
          "minimum": 0
        },
        "availabilityVsCost": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["balanced", "availabilityOriented", "costOriented"],
          "description": "Optimization strategy preference"
        },
        "fallbackToOnDemand": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Whether to fall back to On-Demand if no Spot capacity available"
        },
        "utilizeReservedInstances": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Whether to utilize Reserved Instances when available"
        }
      }
    },
    "compute": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Compute configuration including instance types and AMI",
      "required": ["instanceTypes"],
      "properties": {
        "instanceTypes": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "ondemand": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "On-Demand instance type for fallback"
            },
            "spot": {
              "type": "array",
              "description": "List of Spot instance types to use",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "minItems": 1
            }
          }
        },
        "launchSpecification": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Launch configuration for instances"
        }
      }
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Timestamp when the Elastigroup was created"
    },
    "updatedAt": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Timestamp when the Elastigroup was last updated"
    }
  }
}

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