skeleton_pipeline.json

{
    "objects": [
        {
            "directoryPath": "#{myS3OutputLoc}",
            "name": "<fill in>",
            "id": "<fill in>",
            "type": "S3DataNode"
        },
        {
            "output": "<fill in>",
            "id" : "<fill in>",
            "type" : "ShellCommandActivity",
            "command" : "#{myShellCmd}",
            "runsOn": {
                "ref": "<fill in>"
              }
        },
        {
            <This is the place where you have to populate a schedule for the data pipeline>
        },
        {
          "instanceType": "t1.micro",
          "name": "EC2ResourceObj",
          "id": "<fill in>",
          "type": "<fill in>",
          "terminateAfter": "20 Minutes"
        },
        {
            "failureAndRerunMode": "CASCADE",
            "schedule": {
              "ref": "SchedulePeriod"
            },
            "resourceRole": "<fill in>",
            "role": "<fill in>",
            "pipelineLogUri": "<fill in>",
            "scheduleType": "cron",
            "name": "Default",
            "id": "Default"
          }
    ],
    "parameters": [
      {
        "description": "S3 output folder",
        "id": "myS3OutputLoc",
        "type": "AWS::S3::ObjectKey"
      },
      {
        "default": "echo SUCCESS!! > ${OUTPUT1_STAGING_DIR}/output_file.txt",
        "description": "Shell command to run",
        "id": "myShellCmd",
        "type": "String"
      }
    ],
    "values": {
      "myShellCmd": "echo SUCCESS!! > ${OUTPUT1_STAGING_DIR}/output_file.txt",
      "myS3OutputLoc": "s3://<your bucket/dp-folder"
    }
}