How to turn on/off cloud instances during office hours

Question

I\'ve got my head around creating cloud instances in AWS, Azure and Rackspace. However, I need to turn my instances off at the end of the day and on in the morning as this w

Answer 1

Recommended solution for AWS:

The AWS Data Pipeline is uniquely suited to this task. Data Pipeline uses AWS technologies and can be configured to run AWS CLI commands on a set schedule with no external dependencies. Data Pipeline can write logs to S3 and runs in the context of an IAM role, which eliminates key management requirements. Data Pipeline is also cost effective; for example, the Data Pipeline free tier can be used to stop and start instances once per day.

https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/stop-start-ec2-instances/