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To enable more control over cloud operations, users can create action plans that will can automatically run tasks on VMs and scaling groups, and to run general tasks, such as sending an email or web hook. 

Action plans are an important automation functionality of the platform. They can combine general tasks with tasks that run on VMs and scaling groups in different providers and have multiple triggers including alerts from custom metrics, built-in metrics, budget alerts, and schedules. 

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  1. Go to ControlAction plans, and click the + add button 

  2. Enter the action plan details

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  3. Go to Actions to add actions: 

    1. Click the + add button

    2. Select the action Type: general action, VM, scaling group, VMs by tags, scaling groups by tags

    3. If you are selecting by tags, then enter the tag filter.
      See Search for resources by tag and filter search 

    4. Enter action details

      1. Decrease CPU/RAM: you cannot use this with hot-reconfigure and you must check that the OS is compatible

      2. Instance: Name for Instance (clone) template. The platform will append the date to the name supplied

      3. Webhook action - Expected HTTP status code: If this status code is returned, continue running the action plan. Default: 204 No Content

      4. Email action - To, CC: Enter email addresses as a comma separated list

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        For more details, see Action plan actions table and Webhook actions table below.

  4. Put the actions in run order using the arrow buttons

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  1. Go to Control → Action plans

  2. Select an action plan

  3. Below the Schedules panel, click the + add button

  4. Enter the details of the schedule using the calendar or time and repeat interval as described below

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 To run the action plan at intervals of a fixed number of seconds within a set timeframe:

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