Modified instance types to match what Amazon advertises (current and previous generation)

Whitespace correctons

Colon placement for consistency

correcting errors

cloudformation_templates/edx-admin-reference-architecture.json

@@ -24,13 +24,24 @@
         "m2.xlarge",
         "m2.2xlarge",
         "m2.4xlarge",
-        "m3.xlarge",
-        "m3.2xlarge",
+        "cr1.8xlarge",
+        "cc2.8xlarge",
         "c1.medium",
         "c1.xlarge",
-        "cc1.4xlarge",
-        "cc2.8xlarge",
-        "cg1.4xlarge"
+        "m3.medium",
+        "m3.large",
+        "m3.xlarge",
+        "m3.2xlarge",
+        "c3.large",
+        "c3.xlarge",
+        "c3.2xlarge",
+        "c3.4xlarge",
+        "c3.8xlarge",
+        "r3.large",
+        "r3.xlarge",
+        "r3.2xlarge",
+        "r3.4xlarge",
+        "r3.8xlarge"
       ],
       "ConstraintDescription":"must be a valid EC2 instance type."
     },
@@ -56,13 +67,24 @@
         "m2.xlarge",
         "m2.2xlarge",
         "m2.4xlarge",
-        "m3.xlarge",
-        "m3.2xlarge",
+        "cr1.8xlarge",
+        "cc2.8xlarge",
         "c1.medium",
         "c1.xlarge",
-        "cc1.4xlarge",
-        "cc2.8xlarge",
-        "cg1.4xlarge"
+        "m3.medium",
+        "m3.large",
+        "m3.xlarge",
+        "m3.2xlarge",
+        "c3.large",
+        "c3.xlarge",
+        "c3.2xlarge",
+        "c3.4xlarge",
+        "c3.8xlarge",
+        "r3.large",
+        "r3.xlarge",
+        "r3.2xlarge",
+        "r3.4xlarge",
+        "r3.8xlarge"
       ],
       "ConstraintDescription":"must be a valid EC2 instance type."
     },
@@ -79,13 +101,24 @@
         "m2.xlarge",
         "m2.2xlarge",
         "m2.4xlarge",
-        "m3.xlarge",
-        "m3.2xlarge",
+        "cr1.8xlarge",
+        "cc2.8xlarge",
         "c1.medium",
         "c1.xlarge",
-        "cc1.4xlarge",
-        "cc2.8xlarge",
-        "cg1.4xlarge"
+        "m3.medium",
+        "m3.large",
+        "m3.xlarge",
+        "m3.2xlarge",
+        "c3.large",
+        "c3.xlarge",
+        "c3.2xlarge",
+        "c3.4xlarge",
+        "c3.8xlarge",
+        "r3.large",
+        "r3.xlarge",
+        "r3.2xlarge",
+        "r3.4xlarge",
+        "r3.8xlarge"
       ],
       "ConstraintDescription":"must be a valid EC2 instance type."
     },
@@ -117,25 +150,39 @@
   },
   "Mappings":{
     "AWSInstanceType2Arch":{
-      "t1.micro":        { "Arch":"64" },
-      "m1.small":        { "Arch":"64" },
-      "m1.medium":       { "Arch":"64" },
-      "m1.large":        { "Arch":"64" },
-      "m1.xlarge":       { "Arch":"64" },
-      "m2.xlarge":       { "Arch":"64" },
-      "m2.2xlarge":      { "Arch":"64" },
-      "m2.4xlarge":      { "Arch":"64" },
-      "m3.xlarge":       { "Arch":"64" },
-      "m3.2xlarge":      { "Arch":"64" },
-      "c1.medium":       { "Arch":"64" },
-      "c1.xlarge":       { "Arch":"64" },
-      "cg1.4xlarge":     { "Arch":"64HVM" }
+      "t1.micro"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m1.small"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m1.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" }
     },
     "AWSRegionArch2AMI":{
-      "us-east-1":       { "32":"ami-def89fb7", "64":"ami-d0f89fb9", "64HVM":"ami-b93264d0" },
+      "us-east-1":       { "32":"ami-def89fb7", "64":"ami-d0f89fb9" },
       "us-west-1":       { "32":"ami-fc002cb9", "64":"ami-fe002cbb" },
-      "us-west-2":       { "32":"ami-0ef96e3e", "64":"ami-70f96e40", "64HVM":"ami-6cad335c" },
-      "eu-west-1":       { "32":"ami-c27b6fb6", "64":"ami-ce7b6fba", "64HVM":"ami-8c987efb" },
+      "us-west-2":       { "32":"ami-0ef96e3e", "64":"ami-70f96e40" },
+      "eu-west-1":       { "32":"ami-c27b6fb6", "64":"ami-ce7b6fba" },
       "sa-east-1":       { "32":"ami-a1da00bc", "64":"ami-a3da00be" },
       "ap-southeast-1":  { "32":"ami-66084734", "64":"ami-64084736" },
       "ap-southeast-2":  { "32":"ami-06ea7a3c", "64":"ami-04ea7a3e" },
@@ -186,11 +233,11 @@
             "AZone0"
           ]
         },
-        "Tags":[ 
-          { 
-            "Key":"immutable_metadata", 
-            "Value":"{'purpose':'external','target':'ec2'}" 
-          } 
+        "Tags":[
+          {
+            "Key":"immutable_metadata",
+            "Value":"{'purpose':'external','target':'ec2'}"
+          }
         ]
       }
     },
@@ -755,7 +802,7 @@
         "KeyName":{
           "Ref":"KeyName"
         },
-        "IamInstanceProfile" : { 
+        "IamInstanceProfile" : {
           "Ref" : "AdminInstanceProfile"
         },
         "SubnetId":{

cloudformation_templates/edx-server-multi-instance.json

@@ -47,10 +47,25 @@
       "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
       "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
       "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
       "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
       "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
-      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
-      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" }
+      "m3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" }
     },
 
     "AWSRegionArch2AMI" : {
@@ -236,7 +251,7 @@
         "UserData" : { "Fn::Base64" : { "Fn::Join" : ["", [
             "#!/bin/bash\n",
             "exec >> /home/ubuntu/cflog.log\n",
-            "exec 2>> /home/ubuntu/cflog.log\n", 
+            "exec 2>> /home/ubuntu/cflog.log\n",
             "function error_exit\n",
             "{\n",
             "  cfn-signal -e 1 -r \"$1\" '", { "Ref" : "EdxServerWaitHandle" }, "'\n",

cloudformation_templates/edx-server-single-instance.json

@@ -46,10 +46,25 @@
       "m2.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
       "m2.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
       "m2.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "cr1.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "cc2.8xlarge" : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m3.medium"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "m3.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
       "m3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
       "m3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
-      "c1.medium"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
-      "c1.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" }
+      "m3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "c3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.large"    : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.xlarge"   : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.2xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.4xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" },
+      "r3.8xlarge"  : { "Arch" : "64" }}
     },
 
     "AWSRegionArch2AMI" : {