Instance Statuses
Detailed information about each instance status
Instance statuses refer to the state each instance is currently in. These states are different from spot market bid states, which describe if you're trying to get spot instances at a certain limit price.
Pending
The instance is awaiting payment confirmation.
Confirmed
The instance has been paid for and will start its initialization sequence when the defined start time arrives.
Initializing
The instance is spinning up for the first time running it's cloud_init. Once this has finished, the status moves to STATUS_STARTING.
Starting
The instance has finished initializing and is checking if an ssh connection can be established. Once it is, the status gets promoted to STATUS_RUNNING.
Running
The instance is up and running. You should be able to ssh into and distribute work across this instance.
Stopped
The instance is paused but can be started again.
Terminated
The instance has stopped running and is no longer accessible.
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