EC2 Instance Scheduling (Stop/Start) with Terraform

cloudwatch.tf

### Cloudwatch Events ###
# Event rule: Runs at 8pm during working days
resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_rule" "start_instances_event_rule" {
  name = "start_instances_event_rule"
  description = "Starts stopped EC2 instances"
  schedule_expression = "cron(0 8 ? * MON-FRI *)"
  depends_on = ["aws_lambda_function.ec2_start_scheduler_lambda"]
}

# Runs at 8am during working days
resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_rule" "stop_instances_event_rule" {
  name = "stop_instances_event_rule"
  description = "Stops running EC2 instances"
  schedule_expression = "cron(0 20 ? * MON-FRI *)"
  depends_on = ["aws_lambda_function.ec2_stop_scheduler_lambda"]
}

# Event target: Associates a rule with a function to run
resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_target" "start_instances_event_target" {
  target_id = "start_instances_lambda_target"
  rule = "${aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.start_instances_event_rule.name}"
  arn = "${aws_lambda_function.ec2_start_scheduler_lambda.arn}"
}

resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_target" "stop_instances_event_target" {
  target_id = "stop_instances_lambda_target"
  rule = "${aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.stop_instances_event_rule.name}"
  arn = "${aws_lambda_function.ec2_stop_scheduler_lambda.arn}"
}

# AWS Lambda Permissions: Allow CloudWatch to execute the Lambda Functions
resource "aws_lambda_permission" "allow_cloudwatch_to_call_start_scheduler" {
  statement_id = "AllowExecutionFromCloudWatch"
  action = "lambda:InvokeFunction"
  function_name = "${aws_lambda_function.ec2_start_scheduler_lambda.function_name}"
  principal = "events.amazonaws.com"
  source_arn = "${aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.start_instances_event_rule.arn}"
}

resource "aws_lambda_permission" "allow_cloudwatch_to_call_stop_scheduler" {
  statement_id = "AllowExecutionFromCloudWatch"
  action = "lambda:InvokeFunction"
  function_name = "${aws_lambda_function.ec2_stop_scheduler_lambda.function_name}"
  principal = "events.amazonaws.com"
  source_arn = "${aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.stop_instances_event_rule.arn}"
}

iam.tf

### IAM Role and Policy ###
# Allows Lambda function to describe, stop and start EC2 instances
resource "aws_iam_role" "ec2_start_stop_scheduler" {
  name = "ec2_start_stop_scheduler"
  assume_role_policy = <<EOF
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": "lambda.amazonaws.com"
      },
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Sid": ""
    }
  ]
}
EOF
}

data "aws_iam_policy_document" "ec2_start_stop_scheduler" {
  statement = [
    {
      actions = [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ]
      resources = [
        "arn:aws:logs:*:*:*",
      ]
    },
    {
      actions = [
        "ec2:Describe*",
        "ec2:Stop*",
        "ec2:Start*"
      ]
      resources = [
          "*",
      ]
    }
  ]
}

resource "aws_iam_policy" "ec2_start_stop_scheduler" {
  name = "ec2_access_scheduler"
  path = "/"
  policy = "${data.aws_iam_policy_document.ec2_start_stop_scheduler.json}"
}

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "ec2_access_scheduler" {
  role       = "${aws_iam_role.ec2_start_stop_scheduler.name}"
  policy_arn = "${aws_iam_policy.ec2_start_stop_scheduler.arn}"
}

lambda.tf

### AWS Lambda function ###
# AWS Lambda API requires a ZIP file with the execution code
data "archive_file" "start_scheduler" {
  type        = "zip"
  source_file = "start_instances.py"
  output_path = "start_instances.zip"
}

data "archive_file" "stop_scheduler" {
  type        = "zip"
  source_file = "stop_instances.py"
  output_path = "stop_instances.zip"
}

# Lambda defined that runs the Python code with the specified IAM role
resource "aws_lambda_function" "ec2_start_scheduler_lambda" {
  filename = "${data.archive_file.start_scheduler.output_path}"
  function_name = "start_instances"
  role = "${aws_iam_role.ec2_start_stop_scheduler.arn}"
  handler = "start_instances.lambda_handler"
  runtime = "python2.7"
  timeout = 300
  source_code_hash = "${data.archive_file.start_scheduler.output_base64sha256}"
}

resource "aws_lambda_function" "ec2_stop_scheduler_lambda" {
  filename = "${data.archive_file.stop_scheduler.output_path}"
  function_name = "stop_instances"
  role = "${aws_iam_role.ec2_start_stop_scheduler.arn}"
  handler = "stop_instances.lambda_handler"
  runtime = "python2.7"
  timeout = 300
  source_code_hash = "${data.archive_file.stop_scheduler.output_base64sha256}"
}

start_instances.py

import boto3

# Boto Connection
ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2', 'eu-west-2')

def lambda_handler(event, context):
  # Filters
  filters = [{
      'Name': 'tag:AutoStop',
      'Values': ['true']
    },
    {
      'Name': 'instance-state-name', 
      'Values': ['stopped']
    }
  ]

  # Filter stopped instances that should start
  instances = ec2.instances.filter(Filters=filters)

  # Retrieve instance IDs
  instance_ids = [instance.id for instance in instances]

  # starting instances
  starting_instances = ec2.instances.filter(Filters=[{'Name': 'instance-id', 'Values': instance_ids}]).start()

stop_instances.py

import boto3

# Boto Connection
ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2', 'eu-west-2')

def lambda_handler(event, context):
  # Filters
  filters = [{
      'Name': 'tag:AutoStop',
      'Values': ['true']
    },
    {
      'Name': 'instance-state-name', 
      'Values': ['running']
    }
  ]

  # Filter running instances that should stop
  instances = ec2.instances.filter(Filters=filters)

  # Retrieve instance IDs
  instance_ids = [instance.id for instance in instances]

  # stopping instances
  stopping_instances = ec2.instances.filter(Filters=[{'Name': 'instance-id', 'Values': instance_ids}]).stop()