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stop-instances vs terminate-instances
What is a VPC: your own private network inside one AWS Region, example ThreeTierVpc 10.0.0.0/16.
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Effect
stop-instances
Turns the server off; disk stays.
terminate-instances
Deletes the instance forever.
Key points
Start again later.
Root EBS deleted by default.
Example
aws ec2 stop-instances
Use when
Nights and weekends.
Test servers you are done with.