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Synopsis

Calls the Amazon GameLift Service TerminateGameSession API operation.

Syntax

Stop-GMLGameSession
-GameSessionId <String>
-TerminationMode <TerminationMode>
-Select <String>
-Force <SwitchParameter>
-ClientConfig <AmazonGameLiftConfig>

Description

Ends a game session that's currently in progress. Use this action to terminate any game session that isn't in ERROR status. Terminating a game session is the most efficient way to free up a server process when it's hosting a game session that's in a bad state or not ending properly. You can use this action to terminate a game session that's being hosted on any type of Amazon GameLift Servers fleet compute, including computes for managed EC2, managed container, and Anywhere fleets. The game server must be integrated with Amazon GameLift Servers server SDK 5.x or greater. Request options Request termination for a single game session. Provide the game session ID and the termination mode. There are two potential methods for terminating a game session:
  • Initiate a graceful termination using the normal game session shutdown sequence. With this mode, the Amazon GameLift Servers service prompts the server process that's hosting the game session by calling the server SDK callback method OnProcessTerminate(). The callback implementation is part of the custom game server code. It might involve a variety of actions to gracefully end a game session, such as notifying players, before stopping the server process.
  • Force an immediate game session termination. With this mode, the Amazon GameLift Servers service takes action to stop the server process, which ends the game session without the normal game session shutdown sequence.
Results If successful, game session termination is initiated. During this activity, the game session status is changed to TERMINATING. When completed, the server process that was hosting the game session has been stopped and replaced with a new server process that's ready to host a new game session. The old game session's status is changed to TERMINATED with a status reason that indicates the termination method used. Learn moreAdd Amazon GameLift Servers to your game server Amazon GameLift Servers server SDK 5 reference guide for OnProcessTerminate() (C++) (C#) (Unreal) (Go)

Parameters

-ClientConfig <AmazonGameLiftConfig>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.GML.AmazonGameLiftClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Force <SwitchParameter>
This parameter overrides confirmation prompts to force the cmdlet to continue its operation. This parameter should always be used with caution.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-GameSessionId <String>
A unique identifier for the game session to be terminated. A game session ARN has the following format: arn:aws:gamelift:<location>::gamesession/<fleet ID>/<custom ID string or idempotency token>.
Required?True
Position?1
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is 'GameSession'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.GameLift.Model.TerminateGameSessionResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.GameLift.Model.TerminateGameSessionResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-TerminationMode <TerminationMode>
The method to use to terminate the game session. Available methods include:
  • TRIGGER_ON_PROCESS_TERMINATE – Prompts the Amazon GameLift Servers service to send an OnProcessTerminate() callback to the server process and initiate the normal game session shutdown sequence. The OnProcessTerminate method, which is implemented in the game server code, must include a call to the server SDK action ProcessEnding(), which is how the server process signals to Amazon GameLift Servers that a game session is ending. If the server process doesn't call ProcessEnding(), the game session termination won't conclude successfully.
  • FORCE_TERMINATE – Prompts the Amazon GameLift Servers service to stop the server process immediately. Amazon GameLift Servers takes action (depending on the type of fleet) to shut down the server process without the normal game session shutdown sequence. This method is not available for game sessions that are running on Anywhere fleets unless the fleet is deployed with the Amazon GameLift Servers Agent. In this scenario, a force terminate request results in an invalid or bad request exception.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

Amazon.GameLift.Model.GameSession or Amazon.GameLift.Model.TerminateGameSessionResponse
This cmdlet returns an Amazon.GameLift.Model.GameSession object. The service call response (type Amazon.GameLift.Model.TerminateGameSessionResponse) can be returned by specifying '-Select *'.
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Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z