(Optional) Step 4: Define fleet details - AWS Deadline Cloud

(Optional) Step 4: Define fleet details

A fleet allocates workers to execute your rendering tasks. If you need a fleet for your rendering tasks, check the box for Create fleet.

  1. Fleet details

    1. Provide both a Name and optional Description for your fleet.

    2. Review the fleet type and operating system for awareness.

  2. In the Instance market type section, choose either Spot, On-demand, or Wait and Save Instance. Amazon EC2 On-demand instances provide faster availability and Amazon EC2 Spot and Wait and Save instances are better for cost saving efforts.

  3. For Auto scaling the number of instances in your fleet, choose both a Minimum number of instances and a Maximum number of instances.

    We strongly recommend to always set the minimum number of instances to 0 to avoid incurring extra costs.

  4. Review the worker capabilities for awareness.

  5. (optional) Choose Additional fleet settings

    1. Your fleet requires permission to write to CloudWatch on your behalf. We recommend you create a new service role for every fleet.

      1. For a new role, complete the following steps.

        1. Select Create and use a new service role.

        2. Enter a Role name for your fleet role or use the provided role name.

        3. (Optional) Add a fleet role Description.

        4. To view the IAM permissions for the fleet role, choose View permission details.

      2. Alternatively, you can use an existing service role.

    2. (Optional) Add tags for the fleet using key and value pairs.

After you enter all the fleet details, choose Next.