Terminate Instances operation

The Terminate Instances operation enables you to shut down one or more Amazon EC2 instances.

If you invoke the Terminate Instances operation for an instance more than once, the operation still executes successfully.

Note

A terminated instance remains visible in Amazon EC2 for approximately one hour after termination.

The following figure shows a sample <items> XML element for the Terminate Instances operation.

Sample <items> XML element for the Terminate Instances operation

The following table describes the elements for this adapter request.

Adapter request elements for the Terminate Instances operation

Element	Definition	Required
<wsdl-location>	Specifies the target Web Service Description Language (WSDL) URL for Amazon EC2 Examples: http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-11-30/ http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-02-28/	Conditional: Required if not specified in the request If specified in the configuration and request, the value in the request overrides the value in the configuration
<endpoint-address>	Specifies the web service endpoint for the adapter to use while performing operations on Amazon EC2 instances across different regions Default value: US East region: http://us-east-1.ec2.amazonaws.com/	No
<signature-properties>	Specifies the mode for signing the adapter request	Conditional: Required if not specified in the configuration If <signature-properties mode = "key-files">, requires <private-key-file> and <certificate-file> If <signature-properties mode = "key-data">, requires <private-key-data> and <certificate-data>
<operation-name>	Specifies the name of the operation: terminate-instances	Yes
<instance-set>	Contains one or more instance IDs corresponding to the instances that you want to terminate	Yes

The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the Terminate Instances operation.

Sample adapter request for the Terminate Instances operation

<amazon-ec2-request>
   <wsdl-location>http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-11-30/</wsdl-location>
   <endpoint-address>http://us-east-1.ec2.amazonaws.com/</endpoint-address>
   <signature-properties mode = "key-files">
       <private-key-file>C:\Security\
pk-MJ5GIUNLM2XJ3VRJSYTKOFDWILELDQHB.PEM</private-key-file>
       <certificate-file>C:\Security\
cert-MJ5GIUNLM2XJ3VRJSYTKOFDWILELDQHB.PEM</certificate-file>
   </signature-properties>
   <operation-name>terminate-instances</operation-name>
   <parameters>
       <instances-set>
           <item>
               <instance-id>i-bd90bfd5</instance-id>
           </item>
       </instances-set>
   </parameters>
</amazon-ec2-request>

The following figure shows the response for the sample Terminate Instances operation.

Sample adapter response for the Terminate Instances operation

<amazon-ec2-response>
   <metadata>
       <status>success</status>
   </metadata>
   <TerminateInstancesResponse>
       <requestId>8ed75e81-51bb-4dd3-9893-6e95411c8a23</requestId>
       <instancesSet>
           <item>
               <instanceId>i-bd90bfd5</instanceId>
               <currentState>
                   <code>32</code>
                   <name>shutting-down</name>
               </currentState>
               <previousState>
                   <code>16</code>
                   <name>running</name>
               </previousState>
           </item>
       </instancesSet>
   </TerminateInstancesResponse>
</amazon-ec2-response>

Terminate Instances operation

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