Stop ECS cluster temporarily

Question

I want to stop EC2 instances after office hours to save costs. How can I do the same with ECS instances? Even if I stop all tasks/services, the instance is still there? Do I sto

Answer 1

If you have the cluster set to a minimum number of nodes with an asg. If you turn off the nodes the asg will start another node to bring it up to three minimum number of nodes. You must set the asg to zero nodes.. Then turn off the current nodes.