Use ReleaseHosts with an Amazon SDK or CLI - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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Use ReleaseHosts with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use ReleaseHosts.

CLI
Amazon CLI

To release a Dedicated host from your account

To release a Dedicated host from your account. Instances that are on the host must be stopped or terminated before the host can be released.

Command:

aws ec2 release-hosts --host-id=h-0029d6e3cacf1b3da

Output:

{
    "Successful":  [
        "h-0029d6e3cacf1b3da"
         ],
  "Unsuccessful": []

 }

  • For API details, see ReleaseHosts in Amazon CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example releases the given host ID h-0badafd1dcb2f3456

Remove-EC2Host -HostId h-0badafd1dcb2f3456

Output:

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing the operation "Remove-EC2Host (ReleaseHosts)" on target "h-0badafd1dcb2f3456".
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"): Y

Successful            Unsuccessful
----------            ------------
{h-0badafd1dcb2f3456} {}

  • For API details, see ReleaseHosts in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an Amazon SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.