The minimal set of options to start an annex follows: {term} -$ condor_annex --project-name MyFirstAnnex --count 3 --expiry "2017-01-20 17:18:19" +$ condor_annex --project-name MyFirstAnnex --count 3 --expiry "2017-01-20 17:18:19 --instance-types FIXME --image-ids FIXME --spot-prices FIXME" {endterm} _[The collector address and the password file path are both extracted from the command environment's HTCondor configuration. The password file is uploaded to a private S3 bucket managed by condor_annex; the location is passed into the custom AMI via the usual instance contextualization methods.]_ -This command will return after HTCondor has set up the lease and requested that Amazon start 3 instances of the type(s) you specified in step FIXME (or add --instance-types to this command). +This command will return after HTCondor has set up the lease and requested that Amazon start 3 instances of the type(s) you specified. + +_[The tool allows you to create a set of default launch configurations, so you don't have to type them in every time, but specifying an example type on the command-line is a much faster way to get started.]_ It will take a few minutes for the annex's slots to show up, but they will be assigned in the next negotiation cycle (which may also take a few minutes), and your jobs will start running shortly after that.