How do I check the event-history of a (possibly deleted) ec2-instance?

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I was running some scripts on an instance on the AWS free tier that I may I have deleted but I am not sure when I deleted the instance.

I have the public DNS of that instance and I'm unable to find it anywhere on my console.

Is there any way I can find out when I deleted the instance, if I indeed did?

Thanks

vr00n

Posted 2016-10-22T13:36:35.773

Reputation: 75

2short answer: no, long answer: nope – Skaperen – 2016-11-17T06:05:55.740

Answers

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You should be able to use Amazon CloudTrail if you have access. There you can use filters to select EC2 instance history, for example, and see which account was responsible for its deletion, as well as other things like volume attachment, when it was spun up, etc! Sorry if that's two years too late.

Example of CloudTrail Dashboard:

Example of CloudTrail Dashboard

TheKLARKEN

Posted 2016-10-22T13:36:35.773

Reputation: 66