CmdID / aws / aws ec2

aws ec2 start-instances

Starts an Amazon EBS-backed instance that you've previously stopped. AWS CLI reference

1 example 3 options Its page in the AWS CLI reference

Examples

from aws-cli, each command read by CmdID

To start an Amazon EC2 instance

The following start-instances example starts the specified Amazon EBS-backed instance.

aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0Identify

--instance-idsThe IDs of the instances.

Its output

{
    "StartingInstances": [
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
            "CurrentState": {
                "Code": 0,
                "Name": "pending"
            },
            "PreviousState": {
                "Code": 80,
                "Name": "stopped"
            }
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Stop and start Amazon EC2 instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Options

3 in the AWS CLI reference

--additional-infoReserved.

--dry-runChecks whether you have the required permissions for the operation, without actually making the request, and provides an error response.

--instance-idsThe IDs of the instances.