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How to safely upgrade an Amazon EC2 instance from t1.micro to large? [closed]

I have an Amazon EC2 micro instance (t1.micro). I want to upgrade this instance to large.

This is our production environment, so what is the safest way to do this?

Is there any step by step guide to do this?

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gandil Avatar asked May 05 '11 13:05

gandil


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Using AWS Management Console:

  • Right-Click on the instance
    • Instance Lifecycle > Stop
    • Wait...
    • Instance Management > Change Instance Type
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Marcel de Castilho Avatar answered Dec 03 '22 12:12

Marcel de Castilho