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EC2 Check Instance Status

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Demonstrates how to send a request to check the status of Amazon EC2 instances.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @rest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Rest', @rest OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Connect to the Amazon AWS server.
    -- such as https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
    DECLARE @bTls int
    SELECT @bTls = 1
    DECLARE @port int
    SELECT @port = 443
    DECLARE @bAutoReconnect int
    SELECT @bAutoReconnect = 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com', @port, @bTls, @bAutoReconnect

    -- Provide AWS credentials for the REST call.
    DECLARE @authAws int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.AuthAws', @authAws OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @authAws, 'AccessKey', 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @authAws, 'SecretKey', 'AWS_SECRET_KEY'
    -- the region should match the region part of the domain passed to the REST connect method (above).
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @authAws, 'Region', 'us-west-2'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @authAws, 'ServiceName', 'ec2'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'SetAuthAws', @success OUT, @authAws

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'Action', 'DescribeInstanceStatus'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'Version', '2016-11-15'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'InstanceId.1', 'i-999719995399c9999'
    -- If you have additional instances to check, then add them with .2, .3, etc.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'InstanceId.2', 'i-999719995399c0000'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'InstanceId.3', 'i-999719995399c0111'
    -- ...

    -- Instead of checking specific instances, you can check all instances by 
    -- sending the IncludeAllInstances param
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'IncludeAllInstances', 'true'

    DECLARE @responseXml nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestNoBody', @responseXml OUT, 'GET', '/'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @authAws
        RETURN
      END

    -- A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 200
      BEGIN

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response status code = ' + @iTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response status text = ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response header: ' + @sTmp0

        PRINT 'response body: ' + @responseXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @authAws
        RETURN
      END

    -- Examine the successful XML response.
    DECLARE @xml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @xml OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'LoadXml', @success OUT, @responseXml
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- Here is a sample response:

    -- Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
    -- Generate Parsing Code from XML

    -- <DescribeInstanceStatusResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
    --     <requestId>3be1508e-c444-4fef-89cc-0b1223c4f02fEXAMPLE</requestId>
    --     <instanceStatusSet>
    --         <item>
    --             <instanceId>i-1234567890abcdef0</instanceId>
    --             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
    --             <instanceState>
    --                 <code>16</code>
    --                 <name>running</name>
    --             </instanceState>
    --             <systemStatus>
    --                 <status>impaired</status>
    --                 <details>
    --                     <item>
    --                         <name>reachability</name>
    --                         <status>failed</status>
    --                         <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
    --                     </item>
    --                 </details>
    --             </systemStatus>
    --             <instanceStatus>
    --                 <status>impaired</status>
    --                 <details>
    --                     <item>
    --                         <name>reachability</name>
    --                         <status>failed</status>
    --                         <impairedSince>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z</impairedSince>
    --                     </item>
    --                 </details>
    --             </instanceStatus>
    --             <eventsSet>
    --               <item>
    --                 <code>instance-retirement</code>
    --                 <description>The instance is running on degraded hardware</description>
    --                 <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
    --                 <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
    --               </item>
    --             </eventsSet>
    --         </item>
    --         <item>
    --             <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d7</instanceId>
    --             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
    --             <instanceState>
    --                 <code>16</code>
    --                 <name>running</name>
    --             </instanceState>
    --             <systemStatus>
    --                 <status>ok</status>
    --                 <details>
    --                     <item>
    --                         <name>reachability</name>
    --                         <status>passed</status>
    --                     </item>
    --                 </details>
    --             </systemStatus>
    --             <instanceStatus>
    --                 <status>ok</status>
    --                 <details>
    --                     <item>
    --                         <name>reachability</name>
    --                         <status>passed</status>
    --                     </item>
    --                 </details>
    --             </instanceStatus>
    --             <eventsSet>
    --               <item>
    --                 <code>instance-reboot</code>
    --                 <description>The instance is scheduled for a reboot</description>
    --                 <notBefore>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notBefore>
    --                 <notAfter>YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+0000</notAfter>
    --               </item>
    --             </eventsSet>
    --         </item>
    --         <item>
    --             <instanceId>i-0987654321abcdef0</instanceId>
    --             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
    --             <instanceState>
    --                 <code>16</code>
    --                 <name>running</name>
    --             </instanceState>
    --             <systemStatus>
    --                 <status>ok</status>
    --                 <details>
    --                     <item>
    --                         <name>reachability</name>
    --                         <status>passed</status>
    --                     </item>
    --                 </details>
    --             </systemStatus>
    --             <instanceStatus>
    --                 <status>ok</status>
    --                 <details>
    --                     <item>
    --                         <name>reachability</name>
    --                         <status>passed</status>
    --                     </item>
    --                 </details>
    --             </instanceStatus>
    --         </item>
    --         <item>
    --             <instanceId>i-0598c7d356eba48d8</instanceId>
    --             <availabilityZone>us-east-1d</availabilityZone>
    --             <instanceState>
    --                 <code>16</code>
    --                 <name>running</name>
    --             </instanceState>
    --             <systemStatus>
    --                 <status>ok</status>
    --                 <details>
    --                     <item>
    --                         <name>reachability</name>
    --                         <status>passed</status>
    --                     </item>
    --                 </details>
    --             </systemStatus>
    --             <instanceStatus>
    --                 <status>insufficient-data</status>
    --                 <details>
    --                     <item>
    --                         <name>reachability</name>
    --                         <status>insufficient-data</status>
    --                     </item>
    --                 </details>
    --             </instanceStatus>
    --          </item>
    --     </instanceStatusSet>
    -- </DescribeInstanceStatusResponse>

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @authAws
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml


END
GO