Delete EC2 Instance via AWS CLI

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Tasks
Using AWS CLI, delete an EC2 instance named
nautilus-ec2
present in theus-east-1
region.Before submitting your task, make sure the instance is in the
terminated
state.
Steps
Get the instance ID and Stop the
nautilus-ec2
instance.aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=tag:Name,Values=nautilus-ec2" --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].InstanceId" --output text
- i-04575360679a33d0b
Delete the EC2 Instance
aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids i-04575360679a33d0b --region us-east-1
Verify the instance state is on terminated state
aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids i-04575360679a33d0b --region us-east-1 --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].State.Name" --output text
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Abishek Kafle
Infosec Poet and CAP-certified DevOps/SecOps Engineer, passionate about security, creativity, and continuous learning.