# InstancesToExclude
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User-specified instances that must not be stopped. These instances will not appear in the list of instances that AWS recommends to stop in order to free up capacity.

## Contents
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 ** AccountIds **   <a name="outposts-Type-InstancesToExclude-AccountIds"></a>
IDs of the accounts that own each instance that must not be stopped.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 12.  
Pattern: `\d{12}`   
Required: No

 ** Instances **   <a name="outposts-Type-InstancesToExclude-Instances"></a>
List of user-specified instances that must not be stopped.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 11. Maximum length of 32.  
Pattern: `^i-[0-9a-z]+$`   
Required: No

 ** Services **   <a name="outposts-Type-InstancesToExclude-Services"></a>
Names of the services that own each instance that must not be stopped in order to free up the capacity needed to run the capacity task.  
Type: Array of strings  
Valid Values: `AWS | EC2 | ELASTICACHE | ELB | RDS | ROUTE53`   
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/InstancesToExclude) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/outposts-2019-12-03/InstancesToExclude) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/outposts-2019-12-03/InstancesToExclude)