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Use CancelSpotInstanceRequests with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use CancelSpotInstanceRequests with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use CancelSpotInstanceRequests.

CLI
AWS CLI

To cancel Spot Instance requests

The following cancel-spot-instance-requests example cancels a Spot Instance request.

aws ec2 cancel-spot-instance-requests \
    --spot-instance-request-ids sir-08b93456

Output:

{
    "CancelledSpotInstanceRequests": [
        {
            "State": "cancelled",
            "SpotInstanceRequestId": "sir-08b93456"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Cancel a Spot Instance request in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example cancels the specified Spot instance request.

Stop-EC2SpotInstanceRequest -SpotInstanceRequestId sir-12345678

Output:

SpotInstanceRequestId    State
---------------------    -----
sir-12345678             cancelled
Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example cancels the specified Spot instance request.

Stop-EC2SpotInstanceRequest -SpotInstanceRequestId sir-12345678

Output:

SpotInstanceRequestId    State
---------------------    -----
sir-12345678             cancelled