ec2-reboot-instances From Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2009-03-01 previous page next page ec2-reboot-instances Syntax ec2-reboot-instances instance_id [instance_id ...] Description Reboots one or more specified instances. You must specify at least one instance ID. Note If a Linux/UNIX instance does not cleanly shut down within four minutes, Amazon EC2 will perform a hard reboot. Options Option Description Required instance_id Instance identifier that was assigned to the instance at launch. Example: i-3ea74257 Yes Output This command displays no output on success. Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr. Example This example reboots the i-3ea74257 instance. PROMPT> ec2-reboot-instances i-3ea74257 previous page start next page
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