Stopping, Starting, or Restarting an Instance

You can stop, start, or restart an instance as needed to update software or resolve error conditions.

If the instance is scheduled for infrastructure maintenance, when it is restarted, it is restarted on a healthy physical host.

For steps to manage the lifecycle state of instances in an instance pool, see Stopping and Starting the Instances in an Instance Pool.

For permissions, see Required IAM Policy for Working with Instances.

Shutting Down or Restarting an Instance Using the Instance's OS

You can shut down and restart instances using the commands available in the operating system when you are signed in to the instance. Shutting down an instance using the instance's OS does not stop billing for that instance. If you shut down an instance this way, be sure to also stop it from the Console or API.

Starting an Instance

Stopping an Instance

When you stop an instance, billing for the stopped instance depends on the shape that you used to create the instance.

Stopped bare metal instances are subject to hardware reclamation when the instance is stopped for longer than 48 hours.

Rebooting an Instance