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# terminate-instance

Terminate a Rumi service instance.

## Syntax

```bash
rumi cloud aws terminate-instance \
  --profile <profile> \
  --network <network> \
  --key-pair <keypair> \
  --name <name> \
  [options]
```

## Options

| Option       | Short | Description                                     | Default     |
| ------------ | ----- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `--profile`  | `-p`  | AWS profile to use                              | Required    |
| `--region`   | `-r`  | AWS region                                      | `us-east-1` |
| `--network`  | `-n`  | Name of the Rumi network                        | Required    |
| `--key-pair` | `-k`  | The network's EC2 key pair                      | Required    |
| `--name`     | `-i`  | Name of the service instance to terminate       | Required    |
| `--no-wait`  | `-o`  | Do not wait for the instance to fully terminate | `false`     |

## See Also

* [launch-instance](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/aws/launch-instance.md)
* [start-instance](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/aws/start-instance.md)
* [stop-instance](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/aws/stop-instance.md)