Manage EC2 Instances

EC2 Instances menu lists your machines per selected region and lets you Launch New EC2.

OnApp does not cache, store, or change any information regarding the instances and takes it via API from AWS.


View List of EC2 Instances


To view the details of your EC2 Instances: 

  1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > AWS > EC2 Instances menu.
  2. The page that loads will list your EC2 instances and the following details:

On this page:

See also:


    • ID
    • Name
    • Instance type
    • Availability zone
    • Status
    • Public DNS name
    • Public IP address

3. You can perform the following actions to your instances:

    • Start/ Stop
    • Terminate (only if stopped)
    • Reboot
    • Connect - instruction how to connect to a console of the instance.

The instances are listed per region, so if you do not have instances in the selected region the list will be empty.

View EC2 Instances Details


To view the details of your EC2 Instances: 

  1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > AWS > EC2 Instances menu.
  2. The page that loads will list your EC2 instances. Click the ID of instance you are interested in.
  3.  On the screen that appears, you will see the following  EC2 instance details:
    • ID
    • Instance Type
    • Status
    • Availability zone
    • Key Name
    • Subnet
    • Image
    • Launch time
    • Actions buttons: Start, Stop, Reboot
    • Public dns name
    • Public  IP address
    • Private dns name
    • Private IP address
    • Virtualization type
    • Ebs optimized
    • Root device type
    • Root device name

You can connect to your EC2 instance using the Connect button in the upper left corner, which will provide corresponding instructions.


Edit EC2 Instance


To edit  EC2 Instance: 

  1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > AWS > EC2 Instances menu.
  2. The page that loads will list your EC2 instances. Click the ID of instance you are interested in.
  3.  On the screen that appears, you will see the EC2 instance details.
  4. Click the  button in the upper right corner. Choose another instance type from the drop-down menu and click Apply.

Delete EC2 Instance


To delete  EC2 Instance: 

  1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > AWS > EC2 Instances menu.
  2. The page that loads will list your EC2 instances. Click the ID of instance you are interested in.
  3.  On the screen that appears, you will see the EC2 instance details.
  4. Click the   button in the upper right corner. Confirm the deletion by clicking the Terminate button.