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November 14, 2016 18:07
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Disable API protection on a lot of instances by filtering them via AWS Cli
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| # First, filter out the AMI ID's to a file (you should figure out a way to do this with xargs) | |
| aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].[InstanceId] ' --output text --filters Name="instance-state-name",Values="stopped" | |
| # Now loop through them | |
| while read l; do aws ec2 modify-instance-attribute --disable-api-termination --instance-id $l; done < ami |
Expanding on what Huevos says:
--disable-api-termination Prevents instance termination from the API
--no-disable-api-termination Allows instance termination from the API
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fyi, your description should probably be "Disable API Termination" or "Enable Termination Protection" as the effect of your modify-instance-attribute command is exactly the opposite of "Disable API protection"