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# Stopping an Amazon EC2-compatible instance on a Snowball Edge with AWS OpsHub
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Use the following steps to use AWS OpsHub to stop an Amazon EC2-compatible instance.

**To stop an Amazon EC2-compatible instance**

1. Open the AWS OpsHub application.

1. In the **Start computing** section of the dashboard, choose **Get started**. Or, choose the **Services** menu at the top, and then choose **Compute (EC2)** to open the **Compute** page. 

   All your compute resources appear in the **Resources** section.

1. If you have Amazon EC2-compatible instances running on your device, they appear in the **Instance name** column under **Instances**.

1. Choose the instance that you want to stop, choose the **Actions** menu, and choose **Stop**. The **State** changes to **Stopping**, and then to **Stopped** when done.  
![\[Instance selection and Action menu showing Stop option\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/developer-guide/images/opshub-stop-ec2-console.png)