Schedule AWS ECS services for office hours with a self-service form and Teams alerts

by Sukhman ✓ · 1 views · created 2026-10-06 · DevOps

What this workflow does

This workflow has 55 nodes and runs on a schedule (cron 0 20 * * *) (plus 3 other triggers). It uses only n8n's built-in nodes.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (cron 0 20 * * *) (plus 3 other triggers).

1. Set Mode to Stop (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: mode
2. Set Mode to Start (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: mode
3. Set Mode to Restart (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: mode
4. Route by AWS Account (Switch): routes items into 2 branches
5. Set Config Parameters (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 11 fields: projects, scheduleTagKey, scheduleTagValue…
6. Handle ECS for Account-A (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
7. Handle ECS for Account-B (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
8. Halt on Unknown Account (Stop and Error): stops the run with an error
9. Check Restart Mode (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
10. Return ECS API Results (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

…plus 41 more steps. See the full node list below.

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Nodes used (12)

• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• n8n Form Triggern8n-nodes-base.formTrigger
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• n8n Formn8n-nodes-base.form
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Execute Sub-workflown8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflow
• Switchn8n-nodes-base.switch
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Waitn8n-nodes-base.wait
• Execute Workflow Triggern8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger
• Stop and Errorn8n-nodes-base.stopAndError

From the author

Quick overview This workflow schedules tagged Amazon ECS services to run only during office hours, allows self-service restarts via an n8n Form for a limited duration, and sends status updates to a Microsoft Teams channel using an incoming webhook. How it…

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