stop_start_instances

Automate the stop & start of EC2 instances to optimize costs

This code stops running instances at 5pm and starts them at 9am every weekday (Mon - Fri). Lambda runs the actual python functions that start and stop instances, while Eventbridge sets a schedule and triggers the Lambda functions at specified times. With automation and strategies as this, you can effectively reduce AWS expenditure without compromise on performance or functionality.

Prerequisites

• An AWS account
• Terraform installed on your local system
• One or more running AWS instances

To run:

• Clone this repo
• Enter root directory: cd stop_start_instances
• Enter AWS instances' IDs in .py files
• Edit the cron expressions in eventbridge.tf to specify your time schedules
• terraform init
• terraform plan
• terraform apply

To destroy:

• terraform destroy