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Paramanand Dhuri
Paramanand Dhuri

Reputation: 51

Can we stop EC2 instance from Auto Scaling Group from AWS

I have an Auto Scaling Group and I want to stop that instance from Auto Scaling Group rather than terminating, Is it possible to do so?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 745

Answers (1)

John Rotenstein
John Rotenstein

Reputation: 269284

No. From the official definition:

Auto Scaling is a web service designed to launch or terminate Amazon EC2 instances automatically based on user-defined policies, schedules, and health checks.

When scaling-out, new instances are launched into the Auto Scaling group.

When scaling-in, instances are terminated.

Auto Scaling does not start/start instances.

Some benefits of this approach are:

  • Instances can be launched in different Availability Zones in case there is a failure in a particular AZ
  • Failed instances can be easily replaced
  • There is no limit to the number of instances that could be launched (compared to running out of 'stopped' instances)
  • Launch Configurations can be updated, so any newly-launched instances will use the new configuration (as opposed to recycling old instances)

Upvotes: 1

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