How to self terminate an EC2 instance

Question

Is there a way to self-terminate an EC2 instance in AWS after running for a couple of hours?

Answer 1

To self-terminate an EC2 instance, follow the given steps:

1. Start the instance with "--instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior terminate" or through the AWS console 

2. Login as root user and run "shutdown -h now". On Ubuntu, you could set this up to happen in 55 minutes using:

   echo "sudo halt" | at now + 55 minutes