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BitFreak
BitFreak

Reputation: 416

Unable to launch EC2 instance even after deleting CloudWatch

I just figured out about AWS CloudWatch that would let you terminate your EC2 instance after some time in inactivity. So I created an alarm that would terminate the instance when the CPU usage is less the 1% for 2 hours. Which ultimately ended up putting my instance into an alarm state right away and it prevented me from starting it up to test the feature out.

I then deleted the CloudWatch alarm again in order to be able to launch the EC2 instance gain but even after I deleted the CloudWatch, the state is set to Terminated but the but the Start option from the Actions drop down button is still disabled.

How do I get the instance to start again?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 67

Answers (1)

Mark B
Mark B

Reputation: 200722

You can't restart a terminated instance. The instance no longer exists. It is just listed as "terminated" in your web console for a little bit so you can see that it was deleted. You have to create a new instance now.

Upvotes: 1

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