NAME

       VM::EC2::Spot::InstanceRequest - Object describing an Amazon EC2 spot instance request

SYNOPSIS

       See "SPOT INSTANCES" in VM::EC2.

DESCRIPTION

       This object represents an Amazon EC2 spot instance request, which is returned by
       VM::EC2->request_spot_instances() and VM::EC2->describe_spot_instance_requests().

METHODS

       These object methods are supported:

        spotInstanceRequestId       -- ID of this spot instance request

        spotPrice   -- The maximum hourly price for any spot
                       instance launched under this request,
                       in USD.

        type        -- The spot instance request type, one of
                       'one-time' or 'persistent'.

        state       -- The state of this request, one of 'open',
                       'closed', 'cancelled' or 'failed'.

        fault       -- Fault code for the request, if any, an
                       instance of VM::EC2::Error.

        status      -- The status code and status message describing the
                       Spot Instance request.

        validFrom   -- Start date and time of the request.

        validUntil  -- Date and time that the request expires.

        launchGroup -- Launch group of the instances run under this request.
                       Instances in the same launch group are launched
                       and terminated together.

        availabilityZoneGroup -- Availability zone group of the instances
                       run under this request. Instances in the same
                       availability zone group will always be launched
                       into the same availability zone.

        launchSpecification -- Additional information for launching
                       instances, represented as a VM::EC2::Spot::LaunchSpecificaton
                       object.

        instanceId  -- The instance ID, if an instance has been launched as a
                       result of this request.

        createTime  -- The time and date when the spot instance request was
                       created.

        productDescription -- The product description associated with this spot
                       instance request.

Convenience Methods

       This class supports the standard tagging interface. In addition it provides the following
       convenience method:

   $instance = $request->instance
       If an instance was launched as a result of this request, the instance() method will return
       the corresponding VM::EC2::Instance object.

   $state  = $request->current_status
       Refreshes the request information and returns its status as a VM::EC2::Spot::Status.  This
       will string interpolate as the status code, such as "fulfilled". You may also call its
       object methods to get the time of the last update and full message.

   $state  = $request->current_state
       Refreshes the request information and returns its state, such as "open".

   $request->refresh
       Refreshes the request information.

SEE ALSO

       VM::EC2 VM::EC2::Generic VM::EC2::Spot::LaunchSpecification VM::EC2::Error

AUTHOR

       Lincoln Stein <lincoln.stein@gmail.com>.

       Copyright (c) 2011 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

       This package and its accompanying libraries is free software; you can redistribute it
       and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL (either version 1, or at your option, any
       later version) or the Artistic License 2.0.  Refer to LICENSE for the full license text.
       In addition, please see DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.