AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds additional Spot allocation strategies

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is expanding its Spot allocation strategy options to include capacity-optimized-prioritized, lowest-price and price-capacity-optimized, in addition to the existing default capacity-optimized strategy.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a service that provides the ability to deploy and manage applications in AWS without worrying about the infrastructure that runs those applications. Customers can now enjoy additional allocation strategy options for Spot instances on Elastic Beanstalk such as capacity-optimized-prioritized, lowest-price, and price-capacity-optimized strategies. The capacity-optimized-prioritized strategy allows users to prioritize instance types while still focusing on available capacity, ideal for workloads with specific instance preferences. The lowest-price strategy requests your Spot Instances using the lowest priced pools to maximize cost savings. The price-capacity-optimized strategy balances both price and capacity availability, offering a middle ground for users seeking to optimize costs without compromising too much on the likelihood of interruptions.

These strategies are available in commercial regions where Elastic Beanstalk is available including the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. For a complete list of regions and service offerings, see AWS Regions.

For more information on Spot allocation strategies and Elastic Beanstalk please see our developer guide. To learn more about Elastic Beanstalk, visit the Elastic Beanstalk product page.