infra(spikes): add EC2 provisioning PoC for LIT-2888

Launches t3.large in the BYOC AWS account, fires a user-data HTTPS
callback, sends an SSM RunCommand to a *running* instance to measure
warm-attach latency, and always terminates in a finally block.

The warm-attach latency is the critical number for LIT-2890 (B2):
  <2000ms  -> SSM RunCommand push hydrate
  2000-5000ms -> long-poll daemon
  >5000ms  -> reconsider warm-pool design
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"""
EC2 provisioning spike (LIT-2888).
Proves end-to-end that we can:
1. Launch a t3.large EC2 with user-data that calls back to a public HTTPS URL.
2. Send a "warm-attach" command via SSM RunCommand to a *running* instance and
measure round-trip latency. This number decides B2's hydrate transport
design (SSM push vs long-poll daemon vs reconsider warm pool).
3. Terminate cleanly (always — even on error — via a finally block).
NOT in scope: AMI build, daemon, AgentVMProvider, LiteLLM integration.
Usage:
# 1) Run the Flask receiver in another shell:
# uv run python infra/spikes/callback_receiver.py
# 2) Run ngrok in another shell:
# ngrok http 3333
# 3) Set CALLBACK_URL env var to the ngrok https URL + /spike, e.g.:
# export CALLBACK_URL="https://xxx.ngrok-free.app/spike"
# 4) Run this script:
# uv run python infra/spikes/ec2_provision_poc.py
# Or run 5 times back to back:
# for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do uv run python infra/spikes/ec2_provision_poc.py || exit 1; done
Cost: ~$0.02 per cycle (t3.large at $0.0832/hr * ~5 min).
"""
import json
import logging
import os
import sys
import time
import uuid
import boto3
# Quiet boto3 stream logging so we never accidentally surface AWS creds in logs.
boto3.set_stream_logger("botocore", logging.WARNING)
# ---- Configuration --------------------------------------------------------
# Resolved via the orchestrator's pre-flight + B0's one-time infra setup.
AWS_PROFILE = os.environ.get("AWS_PROFILE", "litellm-poc")
REGION = os.environ.get("AWS_REGION", "us-west-2")
SUBNET_ID = os.environ.get("SUBNET_ID", "subnet-071fed49c5887c37d")
SG_ID = os.environ.get("SG_ID", "sg-01fcce386c017c9e7")
IAM_PROFILE = os.environ.get("IAM_PROFILE", "litellm-ec2-poc")
AMI_ID = os.environ.get("AMI_ID", "ami-06c6960215cdac78d")
INSTANCE_TYPE = os.environ.get("INSTANCE_TYPE", "t3.large")
CALLBACK_URL = os.environ.get("CALLBACK_URL")
if not CALLBACK_URL:
print(
"ERROR: CALLBACK_URL must be set (e.g. https://xxx.ngrok-free.app/spike)",
file=sys.stderr,
)
sys.exit(2)
SPIKE_ID = str(uuid.uuid4())
USER_DATA = f"""#!/bin/bash
set -e
exec > /var/log/user-data.log 2>&1
echo "$(date) starting user-data"
apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y curl jq
curl -fsS -X POST {CALLBACK_URL} \\
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\
-d '{{"phase":"boot","spike_id":"{SPIKE_ID}","hostname":"'"$(hostname)"'","ts":"'"$(date -u +%FT%TZ)"'"}}'
echo "$(date) callback sent"
"""
def _wait_for_callback(
callback_base: str, spike_id: str, phase: str, timeout_s: float = 120.0
) -> float | None:
"""Poll the receiver's /callbacks endpoint until we see (spike_id, phase)
or timeout. Returns the wall-clock seconds to first sighting (or None on
timeout). The receiver is a sibling process; we hit its public URL via
ngrok the same way EC2 does.
callback_base: the ngrok URL minus /spike, e.g. https://xxx.ngrok-free.app
"""
import urllib.request
list_url = callback_base.rstrip("/") + "/callbacks"
started = time.time()
deadline = started + timeout_s
while time.time() < deadline:
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(list_url, timeout=5) as resp:
payload = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
for entry in payload.get("callbacks", []):
body = entry.get("body") or {}
if body.get("spike_id") == spike_id and body.get("phase") == phase:
return time.time() - started
except Exception:
pass
time.sleep(0.5)
return None
def main() -> int:
session = boto3.Session(profile_name=AWS_PROFILE, region_name=REGION)
ec2 = session.client("ec2")
ssm = session.client("ssm")
callback_base = CALLBACK_URL.rsplit("/", 1)[0]
instance_id: str | None = None
measurements: dict[str, float | None] = {
"boot_to_running_s": None,
"running_to_user_data_done_s": None,
"warm_attach_ssm_ms": None,
"terminate_s": None,
}
t0 = time.time()
try:
print(f"[+0.0s] launching with spike_id={SPIKE_ID}")
resp = ec2.run_instances(
ImageId=AMI_ID,
InstanceType=INSTANCE_TYPE,
MinCount=1,
MaxCount=1,
SubnetId=SUBNET_ID,
SecurityGroupIds=[SG_ID],
IamInstanceProfile={"Name": IAM_PROFILE},
UserData=USER_DATA,
TagSpecifications=[
{
"ResourceType": "instance",
"Tags": [
{"Key": "litellm-spike", "Value": SPIKE_ID},
{"Key": "Name", "Value": f"litellm-b0-spike-{SPIKE_ID[:8]}"},
],
}
],
)
instance_id = resp["Instances"][0]["InstanceId"]
print(f"[+{time.time() - t0:.1f}s] launched {instance_id}")
running_t0 = time.time()
ec2.get_waiter("instance_running").wait(InstanceIds=[instance_id])
measurements["boot_to_running_s"] = time.time() - running_t0
print(
f"[+{time.time() - t0:.1f}s] running "
f"(took {measurements['boot_to_running_s']:.1f}s)"
)
# Wait for the boot callback to fire from user-data.
boot_elapsed = _wait_for_callback(
callback_base, SPIKE_ID, "boot", timeout_s=180.0
)
if boot_elapsed is None:
print(
"[!] WARNING: boot callback never arrived within 180s. "
"Check /var/log/user-data.log via SSM."
)
else:
measurements["running_to_user_data_done_s"] = boot_elapsed
print(
f"[+{time.time() - t0:.1f}s] boot callback arrived "
f"({boot_elapsed:.1f}s after running)"
)
# === WARM-ATTACH LATENCY MEASUREMENT (the critical number) ===
# Once `running`, send a hydrate-style command via SSM RunCommand and time it.
# SSM agent needs a moment to register with the SSM service after boot, so we
# poll until the instance is "Online" in SSM before measuring.
print("Waiting for SSM agent to come online...")
ssm_online_deadline = time.time() + 180
while time.time() < ssm_online_deadline:
try:
info = ssm.describe_instance_information(
Filters=[{"Key": "InstanceIds", "Values": [instance_id]}]
)
items = info.get("InstanceInformationList", [])
if items and items[0].get("PingStatus") == "Online":
break
except Exception:
pass
time.sleep(2)
else:
print("[!] SSM agent never registered as Online within 180s")
print("Measuring warm-attach latency via SSM RunCommand...")
attach_t0 = time.time()
cmd = ssm.send_command(
InstanceIds=[instance_id],
DocumentName="AWS-RunShellScript",
Parameters={
"commands": [
f"export LITELLM_SESSION_ID={SPIKE_ID}",
f"export LITELLM_BASE_URL='{CALLBACK_URL}'",
f"curl -fsS -X POST {CALLBACK_URL} -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "
f'-d \'{{"phase":"hydrate","spike_id":"{SPIKE_ID}"}}\'',
]
},
)
cmd_id = cmd["Command"]["CommandId"]
# Poll for SSM command completion (this is the metric we care about).
inv = None
for _ in range(120): # 30s at 0.25s intervals
try:
inv = ssm.get_command_invocation(
CommandId=cmd_id, InstanceId=instance_id
)
if inv["Status"] in ("Success", "Failed", "TimedOut", "Cancelled"):
break
except ssm.exceptions.InvocationDoesNotExist:
# Command isn't fully scheduled yet; keep polling.
pass
time.sleep(0.25)
attach_elapsed = time.time() - attach_t0
measurements["warm_attach_ssm_ms"] = attach_elapsed * 1000.0
status = inv["Status"] if inv else "NoInvocation"
print(
f"[+{attach_elapsed * 1000:.0f}ms] warm-attach via SSM: {status} "
f"<-- decides B2 hydrate transport"
)
# Confirm the hydrate callback arrived too (sanity check the command actually ran).
hydrate_elapsed = _wait_for_callback(
callback_base, SPIKE_ID, "hydrate", timeout_s=20.0
)
if hydrate_elapsed is None:
print(
"[!] WARNING: hydrate callback never arrived. SSM said success "
"but the curl inside the command may have failed."
)
else:
print(f"hydrate callback arrived {hydrate_elapsed:.2f}s after SSM call")
finally:
# Always terminate — even on error — to avoid runaway costs.
if instance_id:
term_t0 = time.time()
try:
ec2.terminate_instances(InstanceIds=[instance_id])
ec2.get_waiter("instance_terminated").wait(InstanceIds=[instance_id])
measurements["terminate_s"] = time.time() - term_t0
print(
f"[+{time.time() - t0:.1f}s] terminated "
f"(took {measurements['terminate_s']:.1f}s)"
)
except Exception as e:
print(f"[!] FAILED TO TERMINATE {instance_id}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
# Last-ditch: best-effort cleanup of anything tagged litellm-spike.
try:
leftovers = ec2.describe_instances(
Filters=[
{"Name": "tag:litellm-spike", "Values": [SPIKE_ID]},
{
"Name": "instance-state-name",
"Values": ["pending", "running", "stopping", "stopped"],
},
]
)
ids = [
i["InstanceId"]
for r in leftovers["Reservations"]
for i in r["Instances"]
]
if ids:
ec2.terminate_instances(InstanceIds=ids)
print(f"[!] emergency-terminated leftovers: {ids}")
except Exception as inner:
print(f"[!] cleanup also failed: {inner}", file=sys.stderr)
# Print machine-readable summary on the last line so a wrapper script
# can collect the timings across multiple runs.
summary = {
"spike_id": SPIKE_ID,
"instance_id": instance_id,
"measurements": measurements,
"total_wallclock_s": time.time() - t0,
}
print("SUMMARY:" + json.dumps(summary))
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())