AWS EC2 Instance starting time

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Dmitry Spodarets picture Dmitry Spodarets · Apr 4, 2018 · Viewed 9k times · Source

Sometimes the starting time of the instance takes more than 5 minutes. In this case, the Status Checks takes more than 4 minutes. How can I make the instance run less than a minute, including checking the status?

Answer

John Rotenstein picture John Rotenstein · Apr 4, 2018

You do not need to wait for the Instance Status Check to complete before using an Amazon EC2 instance.

Linux instances are frequently ready 60-90 seconds after launch. Windows instances take considerably longer because the AMI has been configured for sysprep, which involves a reboot.

New instances take longer to be ready than existing instances because they typically run code on first startup. So, if you Stop and instance and later Start it again, the instance will be available quite quickly (especially Linux instances).

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