I have setup aws cloud watch Here is below detail set in our cloud watch Metric name: CPUUtilization Statistic: average Period: 5 min Threshold Type: Static Whenever CPUUtilization is Lower/Equal then 10 Datapoints to alarm: 1 out of 1 Missing data treatment: Treat missing data as missing EC2 action: Alarm state trigger: In Alarm Take the following action: stop this instance After 5 min our server still does not stop with the cloud watch in aws.

Reputation: 11

how to stop our instance if idle for 30 min in aws cloud watch

I have setup aws cloud watch

Here is below detail set in our cloud watch

EC2 action:

After 5 min our server still does not stop with the cloud watch in aws.

Upvotes: 1

Reputation: 3460

You can create an SQS queue whose target is a Python Lambda function. The python lambda function can use boto to turn off the ec2 instance.

Then you can set this SQS as an alarm action for your Cloudwatch Alarm. You can find more details here:

Terraform setup:

Upvotes: 1

Reputation: 184

At Feb 2022 you have these options:

Upvotes: 2

Reputation: 1124

You can use CloudWatch Events to trigger a Lambda that will perform the stop instance call on the ec2 instance.

Upvotes: 0