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Use ReleaseHosts with a CLI

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Use ReleaseHosts with a CLI - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

The following code examples show how to use ReleaseHosts.

CLI
AWS CLI

To release a Dedicated host from your account

To release a Dedicated host from your account. Instances that are on the host must be stopped or terminated before the host can be released.

Command:

aws ec2 release-hosts --host-id=h-0029d6e3cacf1b3da

Output:

{ "Successful": [ "h-0029d6e3cacf1b3da" ], "Unsuccessful": [] }
  • For API details, see ReleaseHosts in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example releases the given host ID h-0badafd1dcb2f3456

Remove-EC2Host -HostId h-0badafd1dcb2f3456

Output:

Confirm Are you sure you want to perform this action? Performing the operation "Remove-EC2Host (ReleaseHosts)" on target "h-0badafd1dcb2f3456". [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): Y Successful Unsuccessful ---------- ------------ {h-0badafd1dcb2f3456} {}
  • For API details, see ReleaseHosts in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

AWS CLI

To release a Dedicated host from your account

To release a Dedicated host from your account. Instances that are on the host must be stopped or terminated before the host can be released.

Command:

aws ec2 release-hosts --host-id=h-0029d6e3cacf1b3da

Output:

{ "Successful": [ "h-0029d6e3cacf1b3da" ], "Unsuccessful": [] }
  • For API details, see ReleaseHosts in AWS CLI Command Reference.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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