From bce1a5d9d7e9795e7dc382d50386f0d3bf05afec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Barrington Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:53:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated the spot price docs --- website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown index a52501986..4700ade55 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown @@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ each category, the available configuration keys are alphabetized. described above. Note that if this is specified, you must omit the `security_group_id`. -* `spot_price` (string) - The maximum hourly price to launch a spot instance - to create the AMI. It is a type of instances that EC2 starts when the maximum - price that you specify exceeds the current spot price. Spot price will be - updated based on available spot instance capacity and current spot Instance - requests. It may save you some costs. You can set this to "auto" for +* `spot_price` (string) - The maximum hourly price to pay for a spot instance + to create the AMI. Spot instances are a type of instance that EC2 starts when + the current spot price is less than the maximum price you specify. Spot price + will be updated based on available spot instance capacity and current spot + instance requests. It may save you some costs. You can set this to "auto" for Packer to automatically discover the best spot price. * `spot_price_auto_product` (string) - Required if `spot_price` is set to