Unable to stop EC2 instance

Question

Unable to stop the EC2 instance. It gives me following message when I try to stop it. Please help to resolve as soon as possible as it is consuming the billing hours.

Message from portal:
Failed to stop the instance i-03980183a24456ae3
The instance 'i-03980183a24456ae3' may not be stopped. Modify its 'disableApiStop' instance attribute and try again.

Answer

Hello, The DisableApiStop attribute controls whether the instance can be stopped using the Amazon EC2 console, AWS CLI, or API. You can set the value of this attribute when you launch the instance, while the instance is running, or while the instance is stopped.

You can **disable stop protection** for a running or stopped instance using one of the following methods.

**From Console:**

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.
2. In the left navigator, choose Instances.
3. Select the instance, and then choose Actions, Instance settings, Change stop protection.
4. Clear the Enable check box, and then choose Save.

****AWS CLI method (Replace your instance id)****

aws ec2 modify-instance-attribute \
    --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 \
    --no-disable-api-stop

Unable to stop EC2 instance

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