EC2 instance life cycle

An EC2 instance passes through various stages throughout its life cycle. It all starts with launching an EC2 instance using a specific AMI. The following diagram is an illustration of the EC2 instance lifecycle:

Figure 5.1: EC2 instance life cycle

The different stages of the instance life cycle that we will be looking into are as follows:

• Instance launch
• Instance stop and start
• Instance reboot

• Instance retirement
• Instance termination

Instance launch

When an instance is provisioned, it immediately gets into the pending state. Depending on what instance type you have selected, it is launched on a host computer inside AWS virtualized hardware. The instance is launched using the AMI you choose for...