Change default cortex region to us-east-1 (#1063)

Author: deliahu

README.md

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Cortex clusters are designed to be self-hosted on any AWS account (GCP support i
 ```bash
 $ cortex cluster up
 
-aws region: us-west-2
+aws region: us-east-1
 aws instance type: g4dn.xlarge
 spot instances: yes
 min instances: 0

cli/cmd/lib_cluster_config.go

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func getClusterAccessConfig(disallowPrompt bool) (*clusterconfig.AccessConfig, e
 			accessConfig.ClusterName = pointer.String("cortex")
 		}
 		if accessConfig.Region == nil {
-			accessConfig.Region = pointer.String("us-west-2")
+			accessConfig.Region = pointer.String("us-east-1")
 		}
 		return accessConfig, nil
 	}

docs/cluster-management/config.md

@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ cortex_aws_secret_access_key: ***
 cluster_name: cortex
 
 # AWS region
-region: us-west-2
+region: us-east-1
 
 # S3 bucket (default: <cluster_name>-<RANDOM_ID>)
 # note: your cortex cluster uses this bucket for metadata storage, and it should not be accessed directly (a separate bucket should be used for your models)
 bucket: # cortex-<RANDOM_ID>
 
 # list of availability zones for your region (default: 3 random availability zones from the specified region)
-availability_zones: # e.g. [us-west-2a, us-west-2b, us-west-2c]
+availability_zones: # e.g. [us-east-1a, us-east-1b, us-east-1c]
 
 # instance type
 instance_type: m5.large

docs/deployments/system-packages.md

@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ Create a repository to store your image:
 export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="***"
 export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="***"
 
-eval $(aws ecr get-login --no-include-email --region us-west-2)
+eval $(aws ecr get-login --no-include-email --region us-east-1)
 
-aws ecr create-repository --repository-name=org/my-api --region=us-west-2
+aws ecr create-repository --repository-name=org/my-api --region=us-east-1
 # take note of repository url
 ```
 

pkg/types/clusterconfig/clusterconfig.go

@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ func (cc *Config) FillEmptySpotFields(awsClient *aws.Client) error {
 
 func applyPromptDefaults(defaults Config) *Config {
 	defaultConfig := &Config{
-		Region:       pointer.String("us-west-2"),
+		Region:       pointer.String("us-east-1"),
 		InstanceType: pointer.String("m5.large"),
 		MinInstances: pointer.Int64(1),
 		MaxInstances: pointer.Int64(5),
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ var AccessPromptValidation = &cr.PromptValidation{
 			},
 			StringPtrValidation: &cr.StringPtrValidation{
 				Validator: RegionValidator,
-				Default:   pointer.String("us-west-2"),
+				Default:   pointer.String("us-east-1"),
 			},
 		},
 	},