{section: Start an Annex}
-Entering the following will start an annex named "MyFirstAnnex" with one instance.
+Entering the following will start an annex named "MyFirstAnnex" with one instance. =condor_annex= will print out what it's going to do, and then ask you if that's OK. You must type 'yes' (and hit enter) at the prompt to start an annex; if you do not, =condor_annex= will print out instructions about how to change whatever you may not like about what it said it was going to do, and then exit.
{term}
$ condor_annex -count 1 -annex-name MyFirstAnnex
Will request 1 m4.large on-demand instance for 0.83 hours. Each instance will terminate after being idle for 0.25 hours.
-To change the instance type, use the -aws-on-demand-instance-type flag.
-To change the lease duration, use the -duration flag.
-To change how long an idle instance will wait before terminating itself, use the -idle flag.
-Test-Annex-ODI-041c0538be-14b6-40ce-83d8-47a8ac696639
+Is that OK? (Type 'yes' or 'no'): yes
+MyFirstAnnex_041c0538be-14b6-40ce-83d8-47a8ac696639
{endterm}
The last line of output can be used to identify annex instances; you won't have to do that unless something goes wrong.