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ec2-stop-instances

From Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2009-10-31

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ec2-stop-instances

Description

Stops an instance that uses an Amazon EBS volume as its root device.

Instances that use Amazon EBS volumes as their root devices can be quickly stopped and started. When an instance is stopped, the compute resources are released and you are not billed for hourly instance usage. However, your root partition Amazon EBS volume remains, continues to persist your data, and you are charged for Amazon EBS volume usage. You can restart your instance at any time.

[Note] Note

Before stopping an instance, make sure it is in a state from which it can be restarted. Stopping an instance does not preserve data stored in RAM.

Performing this operation on an instance that uses an instance store as its root device returns an error.

Syntax

ec2-stop-instances instance_id [instance_id...]

Options

Name Description Required

instance_id

The instance ID.

Type: String

Default: None

Example: i-43a4412a

Yes

--force

Forces the instance to stop. The instance will not have an opportunity to flush file system caches nor file system meta data. If you use this option, you must perform file system check and repair procedures. This option is not recommended for Windows instances.

Type: Boolean

Default: None

Example: None

No

Output

The command returns a table that contains the following information:

  • IMAGE identifier

  • Unique ID of the newly registered machine image

Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.

Examples

Example Request

This example stops the i-10a64379 instance.

PROMPT> ec2-stop-instances i-10a64379
INSTANCE i-10a64379 running stopping

ec2-start-instances

  • ec2-run-instances

  • ec2-describe-instances

  • ec2-terminate-instances

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