| **To stop an instance** | |
| The following ``stop-instance`` example stops the specified instance. :: | |
| aws lightsail stop-instance \ | |
| --instance-name WordPress-1 | |
| Output:: | |
| { | |
| "operations": [ | |
| { | |
| "id": "265357e2-2943-4d51-888a-1EXAMPLE7585", | |
| "resourceName": "WordPress-1", | |
| "resourceType": "Instance", | |
| "createdAt": 1571695471.134, | |
| "location": { | |
| "availabilityZone": "us-west-2a", | |
| "regionName": "us-west-2" | |
| }, | |
| "isTerminal": false, | |
| "operationType": "StopInstance", | |
| "status": "Started", | |
| "statusChangedAt": 1571695471.134 | |
| } | |
| ] | |
| } | |