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Created 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
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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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