{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.