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Create a process to scrape EC2 CPU information out of AWS API #7830

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shoenig opened this issue Apr 29, 2020 · 3 comments · Fixed by #9038
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Create a process to scrape EC2 CPU information out of AWS API #7830

shoenig opened this issue Apr 29, 2020 · 3 comments · Fixed by #9038
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shoenig commented Apr 29, 2020

#7828 introduces a "best-effort" lookup table of CPU information per EC2 instance type.

This table is going to bitrot over time as Amazon introduces and upgrades instance types.

There is an EC2 API available that looks to have the information we need

processor-info.sustained-clock-speed-in-ghz - The CPU clock speed, in GHz.
vcpu-info.default-cores - The default number of cores for the instance type.
vcpu-info.default-threads-per-core - The default number of threads per core for the instance type.
vcpu-info.default-vcpus - The default number of vCPUs for the instance type.

Using the API requires AWS secrets, which I think precludes the possibility of having Nomad Client lookup this data directly.

Instead, we could establish some kind of process for generating a JSON version (or direct Go source file?) of the table using this API. E.g. part of the Nomad release process could be to push a button that triggers a pre-configured CI job that queries the API, generates the metadata table, and commits it to the nomad repo. Then aws_env.go would be redesigned to consume that generated content.
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shoenig commented May 12, 2020

Some new instances types added today
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-m6g-ec2-instances-powered-by-arm-based-aws-graviton2/

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shoenig commented Jun 5, 2020

More new instances (c5a -> epyc rome, which people might actually want)
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-c5a-instances-powered-by-2nd-gen-amd-epyc-processors/

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env_aws: get ec2 cpu perf data from AWS API
53ab308 
Previously, Nomad was using a hand-made lookup table for looking
up EC2 CPU performance characteristics (core count + speed = ticks).

This data was incomplete and incorrect depending on region. The AWS
API has the correct data but requires API keys to use (i.e. should not
be queried directly from Nomad).

This change introduces a lookup table generated by a small command line
tool in Nomad's tools module which uses the Amazon AWS API.

Running the tool requires AWS_* environment variables set.
  $ # in nomad/tools/cpuinfo
  $ go run .

Going forward, Nomad can incorporate regeneration of the lookup table
somewhere in the CI pipeline so that we remain up-to-date on the latest
offerings from EC2.

Fixes #7830
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env_aws: get ec2 cpu perf data from AWS API
0dd474b 
Previously, Nomad was using a hand-made lookup table for looking
up EC2 CPU performance characteristics (core count + speed = ticks).

This data was incomplete and incorrect depending on region. The AWS
API has the correct data but requires API keys to use (i.e. should not
be queried directly from Nomad).

This change introduces a lookup table generated by a small command line
tool in Nomad's tools module which uses the Amazon AWS API.

Running the tool requires AWS_* environment variables set.
  $ # in nomad/tools/cpuinfo
  $ go run .

Going forward, Nomad can incorporate regeneration of the lookup table
somewhere in the CI pipeline so that we remain up-to-date on the latest
offerings from EC2.

Fixes hashicorp#7830
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