EC2 Instances uptime

Question

Looking to generate a report for the uptime of all the EC2 instances running on aws. What is the best way to get this report?

Answer

Open [CloudShell](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/), type `pwsh` then press the Enter key to start a PowerShell session, then run the following to calculate the running time of each EC2 instance in every region:
```powershell
foreach($region in (Get-EC2Region).RegionName) { Get-EC2Instance -Region $region | ForEach-Object { [pscustomobject]@{InstanceId = $_.Instances.InstanceId; UptimeInDays = ((Get-Date) - $_.Instances.UsageOperationUpdateTime).Days; Region = $region }}}
```

The output should look something like this:
```console
InstanceId          UptimeInDays Region
----------          ------------ ------
i-1234567890abcdef0          554 eu-west-1
i-1234567890abcdef1          501 eu-west-2
```

Answer

Hi, 
for a quick start and short feedback loop from  your customer, you may want to start with 3rd-party packaged services running as SaaS.

See  https://www.comparitech.com/net-admin/aws-monitoring-services/

EC2 Instances uptime

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