Commit bce1a5d9 authored by Matthew Barrington's avatar Matthew Barrington

Updated the spot price docs

parent 496d1fe9
...@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ each category, the available configuration keys are alphabetized. ...@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ each category, the available configuration keys are alphabetized.
described above. Note that if this is specified, you must omit the described above. Note that if this is specified, you must omit the
`security_group_id`. `security_group_id`.
* `spot_price` (string) - The maximum hourly price to launch a spot instance * `spot_price` (string) - The maximum hourly price to pay for a spot instance
to create the AMI. It is a type of instances that EC2 starts when the maximum to create the AMI. Spot instances are a type of instance that EC2 starts when
price that you specify exceeds the current spot price. Spot price will be the current spot price is less than the maximum price you specify. Spot price
updated based on available spot instance capacity and current spot Instance will be updated based on available spot instance capacity and current spot
requests. It may save you some costs. You can set this to "auto" for instance requests. It may save you some costs. You can set this to "auto" for
Packer to automatically discover the best spot price. Packer to automatically discover the best spot price.
* `spot_price_auto_product` (string) - Required if `spot_price` is set to * `spot_price_auto_product` (string) - Required if `spot_price` is set to
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