parsec-terraform

A Terraform template and automation tool to deploy a Parsec Server inside a VPC in AWS in the least expensive availability zone. The idea is to combine the ideas in https://github.com/davidshrive/aws-ec2-gaming-scripts and https://github.com/joshpmcghee/parsec-terraform. The first repo aimed to use shell scripting to launch spot instances from an existing Parsec AMI that you have already created. Its shutdown script created a new AMI each time from your current instance+volumes so that you wouldn't have to reinstall the games each time your would launch a spot instance. The second repo simplified AWS resource management by using Terraform

Only tested on OSX.

How to use this

1. Create a spot instance from the Parsec AMI by following the directions on their blog post here https://blog.parsecgaming.com/cloud-gaming-with-amazon-aws-g3-instance-dc9576718f86. During step 6, also create an additional larger EBS (to hold your future game installations) that is set NOT to delete on termination because you never know if you spot instance will be terminated during price fluxations
2. Clone this repo.
3. Install Terraform.
4. Ensure you have aws and jq installed.
5. Update terraform.tfvars to match your requirements
6. Run terraform init in the root folder and inside the subdirectory create-ami
7. Run ./bin/parsecadm plan from the root of the repo to find the cheapest availability zone, calculate a max bid price, and shows you what you'll be provisioning.
8. Run ./bin/parsecadm apply from the root of the repo to to launch a spot instance from your AMI.
9. Before running ./bin/parsecadm destroy for the first time, delete your existing AMI so that the the new AMI can be created without its name clashing with the existing one. The AMI will be automatically deleted with subsequent calls to destroy as Terraform will keep the last record of the AMI it creates.
10. Run ./bin/parsecadm destroy to create an AMI from your spot instance and replace your old AMI then remove all resources.