Pausing or resuming a queue - MediaConvert
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Pausing or resuming a queue

New queues default to an Active status and are available to process jobs immediately. You can optionally Pause a queue to stop processing any additional jobs. When you pause jobs, MediaConvert finishes processing jobs that are already running. If you submit a job to a paused queue, its status will remain in SUBMITTED until you change the queue's status back to Active or cancel the job.

The following tabs show how to change the status of an on-demand queue.

Console

To change the status of an on-demand queue by using the MediaConvert console:

  1. Open the Queues page in the MediaConvert console.

  2. In the On-demand queues section, select the queue.

  3. Choose Edit queue.

  4. Under Status, choose Pause or Active.

  5. Choose Save queue.

Amazon CLI

The following update-queue example pauses an active on-demand queue.

aws mediaconvert update-queue \ --name Queue1 \ --status PAUSED

The following update-queue example activates a paused on-demand queue.

aws mediaconvert update-queue \ --name Queue1 \ --status ACTIVE

For more information about how to change the status of an on-demand queue by using the Amazon CLI, see the Amazon CLI Command Reference.