Day 8.Enable Stop Protection for EC2 Instance

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Lab Information

As part of the migration, some components were added to the AWS account. The team created an EC2 instance that now requires changes.

• Instance name: nautilus-ec2
• Region: us-east-1
• Task: Enable stop protection for this instance.

Steps

1. Log in to the AWS Console
   Use your provided console URL and credentials.

2. Navigate to EC2

   • Open the EC2 service.

3. Locate the instance

   • In the left menu, click Instances.
   • Find the instance named nautilus-ec2.
   • Select the checkbox next to it.

4. Enable Stop Protection

   • With the instance selected, click Actions → Instance settings.
   • Choose Change termination protection or Edit stop protection.
   • In the panel that opens, look for Enable stop protection (or “Disable API stop”).
   • Check the box to enable stop protection.
   • Click Save.

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