3 Ways to Reboot AWS Instance EC2

Here are 3 different ways to restart EC2 AWS Instance:

1. Reboot EC2 Instance using AWS Console

1. Login into your AWS EC2 Console
2. Navigate to “Instances” and Select instance which you want to restart, right-click on it and then select “Reboot”
3. Click “Yes, Reboot” and confirm

2. Reboot EC2 Instance using CLI

NOTE: No success message will be shown

aws ec2 reboot-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef5

3. Reboot EC2 Instance using Powershell

For Powershell you will need to create AWS key:

1. Go to your account, select Security Credentials and create an AWS access key and secret key.
2. Open Power-Shell for AWS, then add your AWS Access Key and Secret Key.
3. Get your instance ID by using this URL from EC2 instance

http://179.255.178.262/latest/meta-data/instance-id

//REPLACE THE IP WITH YOUR INSTANCE

4. Restart the instance with command:

Restart-EC2Instance -InstanceId i-12345678?