This articledescribes how to create "Start" and "Stop" batch files to manage Confluence and JIRA installation on Amazon EC2.

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Confluence and JIRA on Amazon EC2

Yesterday I installed Confluence and JIRA on Amazon EC2, following Adrian Hempel instructions from Atlassian. It runs very well and I we’re currently going through every feature, getting the feel for the software.

Amazon EC2 is cheap, but as mentioned in that blog post, it can be even cheaper if the server instance is stopped, when it’s not used. We created two batch files, one to stop and another one to start the server. Now all you need is to double-click the icon on my PC desctop to start and stop the services. Start the service when you come to work, stop it when you go home. Here is how I did it:

Start & Stop Batch Files

Assuming that you downloaded the the Instant Atlassian tool and have your AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key and already installed Confluence and JIRA on Amazon EC2, you need to login to AWS Management Console again and get the Volume ID for your instance. You’ll find it in the “Volumes” section:

Once you have the details, select all (Ctrl-A) and copy (Ctrl-C) the text below, enter your details and save is as a text file (I saved mine in the same directory with other EC2 stuff, e.g., c:EC2) You can name it something like start-stop.bat

@echo off
:start
cls

REM - this batch file will start and stop Confluence/Jira instance on Amazon EC2 service.
REM - You need to have the Instant Atlassian tool as per
REM - http://blogs.atlassian.com/developer/2009/04/setting_up_jira_and_confluence.html
REM - This script by GM http://www.gm22.net

REM ##############################
REM Set your own variables, without the quotes.
REM ##############################

set Your_AWS_Access_Key_ID=

set Your_AWS_Secret_Access_Key=

set Your_Volume_ID=

REM ##############################

ECHO Confluence and JIRA on Amazon EC2 Control Script
ECHO What do you wish to do?

set /p userinp=Press 1 to START or 2 to STOP(1-2):
set userinp=%userinp:~0,1%
if "%userinp%"=="1" goto 1
if "%userinp%"=="2" goto 2

echo invalid choice
goto start

:1
REM start command
ECHO Please wait, this may take a minute or two...
java -jar instant-atlassian-1.1.jar "%Your_AWS_Access_Key_ID%" "%Your_AWS_Secret_Access_Key%" resume %Your_Volume_ID%
goto end

:2
REM pause/stop command
ECHO Please wait, this may take a minute or two...
java -jar instant-atlassian-1.1.jar "%Your_AWS_Access_Key_ID%" "%Your_AWS_Secret_Access_Key%" pause %Your_Volume_ID%
goto end

:end
ECHO Done. Press any key to close the windows.
pause>nul

Then, create a shortcut for your desktop. Go to the folder where you saved the file (e.g., c:EC2), right-click on the file that you created and select “Send To” > “Desktop (Create Shortcut)”.

That’s it! Now you can start Confluence and JIRA on Amazon EC2 right from your desktop. Double-click and type 1 to start or 2 to stop (pause).

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The review "Start & Stop scripts for Confluence and JIRA on Amazon EC2" was last updated on 20/5/09.