How to delete AWS Workspace with AWS CLI

When you are finished with a WorkSpace, you can delete it. You can also delete related resources. In this post, I’ll be using AWS CLI to delete a WorkSpace that is no longer needed. To delete a WorkSpace using AWS CLI, we can use terminate-workspaces command [2]. But first, I’d need to find the workspace id. ➜ aws workspaces describe-workspaces --query 'Workspaces[].WorkspaceId' --output text ws-9xm222222 Now that I got the WorkSpace id as ws-9xm222222, I can proceed to terminate this WorkSpace....

August 10, 2023 · 3 min · 538 words · kenno

How to stop AWS Workspace with CLI

I need to stop a WorkSpace now and I don’t want to login to AWS WorkSpace console. The following is the steps I’m literally taking to achieve this goal. Find out the WorkSpace ID, assuming that my AWS CLI has been setup correctly. ❯ aws workspaces describe-workspaces { "Workspaces": [ { "WorkspaceId": "ws-9xm222222", "DirectoryId": "d-9767555555", "UserName": "kenno", "IpAddress": "172.xx.x.xx", "State": "AVAILABLE", "BundleId": "wsb-clj855555", "SubnetId": "subnet-0a4ae4b324a799999", "ComputerName": "A-2B99WV33TITAN", "WorkspaceProperties": { "RunningMode": "AUTO_STOP", "RunningModeAutoStopTimeoutInMinutes": 60, "RootVolumeSizeGib": 80, "UserVolumeSizeGib": 50, "ComputeTypeName": "STANDARD", "Protocols": [ "PCOIP" ] }, "ModificationStates": [] } ] } We can see that the WorkSpace ‘ws-9xm222222’ is in AVAILABLE state....

August 9, 2023 · 2 min · 249 words · kenno