How to resize Amazon EC2 instance?
Solution 1:
- In your AWS Management Console, go to the EC2 Tab.
- Check the instance you want to change (from micro to large, for example)
- Put the instance in a 'Stopped' state.
- Click the 'Instance Actions' menu, and choose 'Change Instance Type'
- Choose the level you want the instance to run at (small, medium, large)
- Click 'Yes, Change'.
- Restart the instance in question.
EASY AS PIE!
Solution 2:
- Shrinking Amazon EBS volume size
- http://alestic.com/2010/02/ec2-resize-running-ebs-root