# BlockingInstance
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A running Amazon EC2 instance that can be stopped to free up capacity needed to run the capacity task.

## Contents
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 ** AccountId **   <a name="outposts-Type-BlockingInstance-AccountId"></a>
The ID of the AWS account.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 12.  
Pattern: `\d{12}`   
Required: No

 ** AwsServiceName **   <a name="outposts-Type-BlockingInstance-AwsServiceName"></a>
The AWS service name that owns the specified blocking instance.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `AWS | EC2 | ELASTICACHE | ELB | RDS | ROUTE53`   
Required: No

 ** InstanceId **   <a name="outposts-Type-BlockingInstance-InstanceId"></a>
The ID of the blocking instance.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 11. Maximum length of 32.  
Pattern: `^i-[0-9a-z]+$`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/outposts-2019-12-03/BlockingInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/outposts-2019-12-03/BlockingInstance) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/outposts-2019-12-03/BlockingInstance)