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EC2 CLI Commands

Let's check some useful CLI Commands that are used with respect to EC2.

1. Launching an instance t2.micro in EC2-VPC:

aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-xxxxxxxx --count 1 --instance-type t2.micro --key-name MyKeyPair --security-group-ids sg-xxxxxxxx.

2. Launching an instance in EC2-classic:

aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-xxxxxxxx --count 1 --instance-type t1.micro --key-name MyKeyPair --security-groups my-sg

3. Tagging an instance:

aws ec2 create-tags --resources i-xxxxxxxx --tags Key=Name,Value=MyInstance

4 . Terminating an instance :

aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids i-5203422c