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Hibernation In AWS EC2 Instances

In this article, we will discuss Hibernation in AWS EC2 instances.

What Is Hibernation?

Hibernation means powering down the PC while retaining the state. Hibernation stops your instance and saves the contents of the instance’s RAM to the root volume.

How To Enable Hibernation?

To enable hibernation, you must enable Stop – Hibernate behavior.

Picture showing the option to enable Hibernate while launching the EC2 instance

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Secondly, enable encryption for the root volume.

Picture showing the encryption enabled for the root volume while launching and EC2 instance

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Hibernate An EC2 Instance

Once hibernation is enabled, the option Hibernate instance is enabled.

Picture showing the Hibernate Instance option for hibernating the EC2 instance

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Wednesday, January 25, 2023

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