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Terminating an Amazon EC2-compatible instance with AWS OpsHub

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Terminating an Amazon EC2-compatible instance with AWS OpsHub - AWS Snowball Edge Developer Guide

After you terminate an Amazon EC2-compatible instance, you can't restart the instance.

To terminate an Amazon EC2-compatible instance
  1. Open the AWS OpsHub application.

  2. In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page. You can see all your compute resources in the Resources section.

  3. In the Instance name column, under Instances, find the instance that you want to terminate.

  4. Choose the instance, and choose the Actionsmenu. From the Actions menu, choose Terminate.

    Instances tab showing instance chose and Actions menu showing Terminate chosen.
  5. In the Terminate instances window, choose Confirm terminate.

    Terminate instances window showing instance name and Confirm terminate button.
    Note

    After the instance is terminated, you can't restart it.

    The State changes to Terminating, and then to Terminated when done.

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