AWS CLI EC2 Cheat Sheet/Stop running instances

Gracefully stop one or more instances.

Section: EC2 Instances

Stop running instances

bash
bash
aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids i-0123456789abcdef0
Explanation

Useful for cost savings in non-production environments.

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