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### Create an Elastigroup from Scratch

To create an Elastigroup using an empty template from scratch, complete the following steps:
To create an Elastigroup using an empty template from scratch:

1. In the left menu of the Spot console, click **Elastigroup** and **Groups**.
1. In the Spot console, go to **Elastigroup** > **Groups**.
2. Click **Create**.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-01a.png" />
<img width=900 src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-01a.png" />

3. Click **Start from scratch**.

### Create an Elastigroup using Use Cases

To create an Elastigroup based on an existing workload, complete the following steps:
To create an Elastigroup based on an existing workload:

1. In the left menu of the Spot console, click **Elastigroup** and **Groups**.
1. In the Spot console, go to **Elastigroup** > **Groups**.
2. Click **Create** and **Use Cases**.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-02a.png" width="430" height="240" />
<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-02a.png" width="400" />

3. Select a use case.

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### Workload Capacity

Define your workload capacity as described below.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-3.png" />
Define your workload capacity:

* **Capacity Unit**: The units of the number of servers required, either in Instances (default) or vCPU.
* **Target**: The desired number of instances or vCPUs under normal operation.
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- Set by % of Spot instances: Percent of total instances that should be Spot instances. The rest will be On-Demand instances.
- Set by specific On-Demand count: A specific number of instances that must be On-Demand. The rest will be Spot instances.

<img width=650 src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-3.png" />


## Step 2: Networking

The networking section includes specific definitions of your network settings, load-balancer configuration and auto-healing checks.

### Launch Specification

Define the paramenters of your virtual private cloud and security groups for your Elastigroup.
Define the paramenters of your virtual private cloud and security groups for your Elastigroup:

1. Select the VPC you want your Elastigroup to run in.
2. Select one or more security groups to apply to your instances.
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1. Choose one or more Availability Zones (AZs) Elastigroup should consider when launching your instances. To maximize your savings, Elastigroup calculates the cost of launching Spot instances in the selected AZs. Spot recommends selecting multiple Availability Zones to increase the number of Spot instance markets available for Elastigroup to consider.
2. In the dropdown menu, choose a subnet for the availability zone.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-4.png" />
<img width=700 src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-4.png" />

#### Cluster Orientation

1. Select which prediction algorithm to use:
* Balanced (recommended)
* Availability
* Cost
You can use these prediction algorithms:
* Balanced (recommended)
* Availability
* Cost

![tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-5a](https://github.com/spotinst/help/assets/106514736/e806c038-8015-4df9-87ea-1af96e1f7d5d)
<img width=700 src="https://github.com/spotinst/help/assets/106514736/e806c038-8015-4df9-87ea-1af96e1f7d5d">

### Instance Selection

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* Reserved Instances
* Reserved Instances and Savings Plans

> Tip: When you choose Utilize Commitment Plans, ensure that your RoleARN is updated with the latest policy.
> **Tip**: When you choose Utilize Commitment Plans, ensure that your RoleARN is updated with the latest policy.
#### Continuous Optimization

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### Advanced Settings

Select the following settings:

* IAM Role- An IAM role must be defined in your AWS account before you can use it.
* Public IP- Requests an ephemeral public IP address from Amazon's public IP address pool so you can reach your instance from the internet.
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## Step 4: Scaling (Optional)

Optionally, you can select to not have a scaling policy or have a [Target Scaling Policy](elastigroup/features/scaling/target-scaling).
Optionally, you can select to not have a scaling policy or have a [target scaling policy](elastigroup/features/scaling/target-scaling).

## Step 5: Review and Create

When you have finished filling in the information in the template, you can review the configuration and edit it in JSON, CloudFormation or Terraform formats.
When you have finished filling in the information in the template, you can review the configuration and edit it in JSON, CloudFormation, or Terraform formats.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-5.png" width="500" height="500" />
<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-5.png" width="500" />

After reviewing and making any required changes, click **Next** and launch your Elastigroup.

<details>
<summary markdown="span">Click to learn how to create an Elastigroup from Scratch in the Legacy Design</summary>

## Create an Elastigroup from Scratch- Legacy Design
## Create an Elastigroup from Scratch - Legacy Design

This procedure describes how to create an Elastigroup using an empty template. To create an Elastigroup based on an existing workload such as AWS Elastic Beanstalk or AutoScaling Groups, choose your workload type under Use Cases and import a copy of your workload configuration.

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1. In the left menu of the Spot console, click Elastigroup/Groups, and click Create Elastigroup.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-01.png" />
<img width=900 src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-01.png" />

2. When the Use Cases page appears, you will need to choose a use case template. Under Empty Template, click Start from Scratch.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-02.png" width="552" height="432" />
<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-02.png" width="552" />

## Step 1: General

1. On the General page, enter the following information:
- Name: The name of your Elastigroup
- Region: The AWS region where your group will be located.
- Description: A brief description describing the purpose of the group.
2. Click Next.
2. Click **Next**.

## Step 2: Compute

1. On the Compute page, complete the following:
1. On the Compute page:
- VPC: Choose the VPC in which your Elastigroup will run.
- Product: Choose the OS type to use (e.g., Linux, Red Hat, etc.)
- On-demand Type: Choose the on-demand type to use in the event that no spot instances are available in your desired markets.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-03.png" />
<img width=900 src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-03.png" />

2. Choose one or more Availability Zones (AZs) Elastigroup should consider when launching your instances. To maximize your savings, Elastigroup calculates the cost of launching spot instances in the selected AZs. We recommend selecting multiple Availability Zones to increase the number of spot instance markets available for Elastigroup to consider.
3. Subnets: Choose one or more subnets for each AZ you define.
4. Spot Types: Choose the instance types Elastigroup should consider when launching your instances. We recommend selecting multiple instance types to provide Elastigroup with as many Spot instance market options as possible.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-04.png" />
<img width=900 src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-04.png" />

> **Tip**: We highly recommend selecting Multiple Availability Zones and multiple instance types, which provide Elastigroup with more Spot markets and result in lower prices and greater availability.
5. Launch Specification: Define the parameters below.
5. Launch Specification:
- Image: Choose the AMI to use for your Elastigroup. The AMI should be based in the same region as your Elastigroup.
- Security Groups: Choose one or more security to apply to your instances.
- Key Pair: Enter the key pair that will be used for authenticating with your instances.
6. Click Next.
6. Click **Next**.

## Step 3: Predictive Rebalancing

The configuration of predictive rebalancing includes the major parts described below.

### Workload Capacity

In this part you define your workload capacity as described below.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-05.png" width="263" height="335" />

- Capacity Unit: The units of the number of servers required, either in Instances (default) or vCPU.
- Target: The desired number of instances or vCPUs under normal operation.
- Minimum: The lowest number of instances or vCPUs that can be available.
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### Optimization Strategy

In this part you define your optimization strategy as described below.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-06.png" width="270" height="344" />

#### Fallback to On-Demand

If no spot instances are available, an on-demand instance will be provisioned to meet the capacity requirement.
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- Reserved Instances and Savings Plans

> Tip: When you choose Utilize Commitment Plans, ensure that your RoleARN is updated with the [latest policy](administration/api/spot-policy-in-aws).
<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-06a.png" width="275" height="231" />
>
> <img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-06a.png" width="275" height="231" />
#### Cluster Orientation

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### Continuous Optimization

In this part you can choose the optimization method.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-07.png" width="267" height="246" />

- Continuous Optimization: If fallback to on-demand instances has occurred, you can choose when your workload should be returned to spot instances or moved to an instance type that has already-purchased an available reserved capacity. Switch this On (default) to return the instances automatically.
- Choose one of the following:
Continuous Optimization: If fallback to on-demand instances has occurred, you can choose when your workload should be returned to spot instances or moved to an instance type that has already-purchased an available reserved capacity. Switch this On (default) to return the instances automatically.
- Once Available: Your workload will return to spot instances automatically whenever they become available.
- Custom: You define one or more time windows that your workloads can be returned to spot instances. When you choose this option, you will be prompted to fill in the time ranges.

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- Display the resulting market scoring chart showing the probabilities of meeting your specifications.
- Deploy instances that have the highest probability of matching your specifications.

<img src="/elastigroup/_media/corefeatures-predictive-rebalancing-02.png" />
<img width=900 src="/elastigroup/_media/corefeatures-predictive-rebalancing-02.png" />

Specify the following:

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<img src="/elastigroup/_media/tutorials-create-eg-from-scratch-10.png" width="458" height="542" />

After reviewing and making any required changes, click Next and launch your Elastigroup.

</details><br>


After reviewing and making any required changes, click **Next** and launch your Elastigroup.

</details>
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This tutorial describes how a deployment works, the procedure for running a deployment, and information that Elastigroup provides about a deployment.

## Relevance

This tutorial is relevant for users of Elastigroup with AWS. For Elastigroup with Azure, see [Deploy an Elastigroup](elastigroup/tutorials/azure/deploy-an-elastigroup).
This tutorial is relevant for users of Elastigroup with AWS. For Elastigroup with Azure, see [Deploy an Elastigroup](elastigroup/tutorials-azure/deploy-an-elastigroup).

## When to Deploy

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