Analyzing Amazon EC2 Spot instance interruptions by using event-driven architecture

Analyzing Amazon EC2 Spot instance interruptions by using event-driven architecture

Analyzing Amazon EC2 Spot instance interruptions by using event-driven architecture

Original URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/analyzing-amazon-ec2-spot-instance-interruptions-by-using-event-driven-architecture/

Article Written: November 10, 2025

Added: November 16, 2025

Type: tutorial

Summary

This article discusses the challenges associated with using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances within Auto Scaling Groups due to their unpredictable interruptions. It presents a solution in the form of a custom event-driven monitoring and analytics dashboard, named 'Spot Interruption Insights', which provides near real-time visibility into Spot Instance interruptions. The article outlines a step-by-step guide to building this monitoring solution using various AWS services, including Amazon EventBridge, SQS, Lambda, and OpenSearch Service, to optimize capacity planning and improve workload resilience.

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Good event driven architecture solution example with aws stack.

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