ec2-terminate-instances

ec2-terminate-instances instance_id [instance_id ...]

Terminates the specified instances.

OptionDescriptionRequired

instance_id

ID of the instance that was assigned at launch.

Example: i-3ea74257

Yes

Amazon EC2 returns a table that contains the following information:

Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.

This example terminates the i-3ea74257 instance.

$ ec2-terminate-instances i-3ea74257
INSTANCE i-3ea74257 running shutting-down