self-destruct 0.0.1

A simple way for EC2 instances to stop/terminate themselves.

self-destruct is a simple Python library for stopping and terminating EC2 instances from within themselves, which is not officially supported by AWS. Usage is very simple:

from self_destruct import self_destruct

self_destruct()

The only customization option is the specification of a parameter terminate: bool = True which allows the user to specify whether they want to terminate the instance or merely stop it.

Note that in order for this function to be successful, the EC2 instance must have the following permissions:

"ec2:DescribeInstances"
"ec2:StopInstances"
"ec2:TerminateInstances"