--- title: "Stopping EC2 Instances on a Schedule using Boto3, Lambda, and EventBridge" url: https://daily.dev/posts/stopping-ec2-instances-on-a-schedule-using-boto3-lambda-and-eventbridge-3ksnvgzzu source_url: https://awstip.com/stopping-ec2-instances-on-a-schedule-using-boto3-lambda-and-eventbridge-9df253daa037 type: article source: "AWS Tip" published: 2024-03-27T19:44:01.405Z updated: 2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z tags: ["aws", "python", "aws-lambda", "boto3"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 4 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stopping EC2 Instances on a Schedule using Boto3, Lambda, and EventBridge **[AWS Tip](https://daily.dev/sources/awstip)** · 1 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to stop EC2 instances on a schedule using Boto3, Lambda, and EventBridge. Deploy a Python script as an AWS Lambda function and create a trigger to run it on a schedule. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#aws-lambda](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-lambda), [#boto3](https://daily.dev/tags/boto3) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/stopping-ec2-instances-on-a-schedule-using-boto3-lambda-and-eventbridge-3ksnvgzzu)