Deterministic creation and labeling of EC2 instances

Question

I create 3 instances of EC2 and then iterate and tag each one. Sometimes a tag request fails, although an instance later appears.

Could this be a timing issue? Do I have to wait a few seconds after creating the instance before marking it? Is there a deterministic way to get started?

Answer 1

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