Auto Shutdown and Start Amazon EC2 Instance

Question

Can I automatically start and terminate my Amazon instance using Amazon API? Can you please describe how this can be done? I ideally need to start the instance and stop the

Answer 1

You cannot do this automatically, or at least not without some programming and API manipulation in script files. If you want to a reliable solution to stop, restart and manage your images (presumably to control costs in your environment) then you may want to look at LabSlice. Disclaimer: I work for this company.