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Day 11 Of Cloud with AWS: Enable Termination Protection for EC2 Instance

Day 11 Of Cloud with AWS: Enable Termination Protection for EC2 Instance

#100DaysOfCloud challenge using AWS

In today's task: Enable Termination Protection for EC2 Instance

Steps followed:

Step 1:
Login to aws console using the credentials.
Step 2:
Select region:
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us-east-1
from the top-right corner.
Step 4: Locate the Instance
  1. Click:
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Instances
from the left sidebar.
  1. Search for:
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datacenter-ec2
  1. Select the instance checkbox.
Step 5: Enable Termination Protection
  1. Click:
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Actions
  1. Navigate to:
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Instance settings
  1. Click:
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Change termination protection
  1. Check:
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Enable
  1. Click:
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Save
Verification
After saving:
  1. Refresh the page.
  2. Open the Details tab.
  3. Confirm:
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Termination protection: Enabled

What is Termination Protection?

Termination protection prevents an EC2 instance from being accidentally deleted.
When enabled:
  • The instance cannot be terminated from Console, CLI, or API.
  • It protects important workloads from accidental removal.
It does NOT prevent:
  • Stopping the instance
  • Rebooting the instance
  • Modifying the instance
AWS commonly enables it for:
  • Production servers
  • Critical databases
  • Long-running applications
  • Important testing environments
  • Shared infrastructure instances
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