Instance Scheduler on AWS
Configure start and stop schedules for your Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS instances to manage costs
Overview
Instance Scheduler on AWS automates the starting and stopping of various AWS services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Groups, and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) instances. Automating this process helps reduce operational costs by stopping and starting resources as needed. This AWS Solution uses resource tags and AWS Lambda to automatically stop and start instances based on a schedule you define, and it can be deployed across multiple AWS Regions.
When compared to a setup where you leave all your instances continuously running at full utilization (even when those resources aren't being used), this solution can lead to significant cost savings by aligning your workloads with the AWS Well-Architected Cost Optimization best practices.
Benefits
Cross-account instance scheduling
Automated tagging
Configure schedules or periods using Scheduler CLI
Configure schedules or periods using AWS Systems Manager maintenance window
How it works
You can automatically deploy this architecture using the implementation guide and the accompanying AWS CloudFormation templates, or get started with the resources below.
About this deployment
- Version: 3.0.11
- Released: 7/2025
- Author: AWS
- Est. deployment time: 5 mins
- Estimated cost: See details
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