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[ aws . opsworks ]

start-instance¶

Description¶

Starts a specified instance. For more information, see Starting, Stopping, and Rebooting Instances .

Required Permissions : To use this action, an IAM user must have a Manage permissions level for the stack, or an attached policy that explicitly grants permissions. For more information on user permissions, see Managing User Permissions .

Synopsis¶

  start-instance
--instance-id <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--instance-id (string)

The instance ID.

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To start an instance

The following start-instance command starts a specified 24/7 instance.

aws opsworks start-instance --instance-id f705ee48-9000-4890-8bd3-20eb05825aaf

Output: None. Use describe-instances to check the instance's status.

Tip You can start every offline instance in a stack with one command by calling start-stack.

More Information

For more information, see Manually Starting, Stopping, and Rebooting 24/7 Instances in the AWS OpsWorks User Guide.

Output¶

None

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