AWS SDK Version 3 for .NET
API Reference

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Container for the parameters to the StopInstances operation. Stops an Amazon EBS-backed instance. For more information, see Stop and start your instance in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

You can use the Stop action to hibernate an instance if the instance is enabled for hibernation and it meets the hibernation prerequisites. For more information, see Hibernate your instance in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

We don't charge usage for a stopped instance, or data transfer fees; however, your root partition Amazon EBS volume remains and continues to persist your data, and you are charged for Amazon EBS volume usage. Every time you start your instance, Amazon EC2 charges a one-minute minimum for instance usage, and thereafter charges per second for instance usage.

You can't stop or hibernate instance store-backed instances. You can't use the Stop action to hibernate Spot Instances, but you can specify that Amazon EC2 should hibernate Spot Instances when they are interrupted. For more information, see Hibernating interrupted Spot Instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

When you stop or hibernate an instance, we shut it down. You can restart your instance at any time. Before stopping or hibernating an instance, make sure it is in a state from which it can be restarted. Stopping an instance does not preserve data stored in RAM, but hibernating an instance does preserve data stored in RAM. If an instance cannot hibernate successfully, a normal shutdown occurs.

Stopping and hibernating an instance is different to rebooting or terminating it. For example, when you stop or hibernate an instance, the root device and any other devices attached to the instance persist. When you terminate an instance, the root device and any other devices attached during the instance launch are automatically deleted. For more information about the differences between rebooting, stopping, hibernating, and terminating instances, see Instance lifecycle in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

When you stop an instance, we attempt to shut it down forcibly after a short while. If your instance appears stuck in the stopping state after a period of time, there may be an issue with the underlying host computer. For more information, see Troubleshoot stopping your instance in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Amazon.Runtime.AmazonWebServiceRequest
    Amazon.EC2.AmazonEC2Request
      Amazon.EC2.Model.StopInstancesRequest

Namespace: Amazon.EC2.Model
Assembly: AWSSDK.EC2.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

C#
public class StopInstancesRequest : AmazonEC2Request
         IAmazonWebServiceRequest

The StopInstancesRequest type exposes the following members

Constructors

NameDescription
Public Method StopInstancesRequest()

Empty constructor used to set properties independently even when a simple constructor is available

Public Method StopInstancesRequest(List<String>)

Instantiates StopInstancesRequest with the parameterized properties

Properties

NameTypeDescription
Public Property Force System.Boolean

Gets and sets the property Force.

Forces the instances to stop. The instances do not have an opportunity to flush file system caches or file system metadata. If you use this option, you must perform file system check and repair procedures. This option is not recommended for Windows instances.

Default: false

Public Property Hibernate System.Boolean

Gets and sets the property Hibernate.

Hibernates the instance if the instance was enabled for hibernation at launch. If the instance cannot hibernate successfully, a normal shutdown occurs. For more information, see Hibernate your instance in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Default: false

Public Property InstanceIds System.Collections.Generic.List<System.String>

Gets and sets the property InstanceIds.

The IDs of the instances.

Examples

This example stops the specified EC2 instance.

To stop a running EC2 instance


var client = new AmazonEC2Client();
var response = client.StopInstances(new StopInstancesRequest 
{
    InstanceIds = new List<string> {
        "i-1234567890abcdef0"
    }
});

List<InstanceStateChange> stoppingInstances = response.StoppingInstances;

            

Version Information

.NET Core App:
Supported in: 3.1

.NET Standard:
Supported in: 2.0

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5