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The Amazon EC2 plugin provisions and manages Amazon EC2 instances used as [[Jenkins_Concepts#Agent|build agents]] as part of a Jenkins [[Jenkins_Concepts#Amazon_EC2_Cloud|"Amazon EC2" agent cloud]]. The EC2 instances are started on demand and terminated as they become unused.
The Amazon EC2 plugin provisions and manages Amazon EC2 instances used as [[Jenkins_Concepts#Agent|build agents]] as part of a Jenkins [[Jenkins_Concepts#Amazon_EC2_Cloud|"Amazon EC2" agent cloud]]. The EC2 instances are started on demand and terminated as they become unused. The access to agent instances is via SSH, and the plugin requires the configuration of the SSH key pair. The EC2 instances are built off an AMI that is also configured in the plugin.

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Overview

The Amazon EC2 plugin provisions and manages Amazon EC2 instances used as build agents as part of a Jenkins "Amazon EC2" agent cloud. The EC2 instances are started on demand and terminated as they become unused. The access to agent instances is via SSH, and the plugin requires the configuration of the SSH key pair. The EC2 instances are built off an AMI that is also configured in the plugin.