From 3144458ac7b99372a301f2a178010c2fcdf37396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TC1977 <37350377+TC1977@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:05:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update cloud-amazon-ec2.md (#1081) --- docs/cloud-amazon-ec2.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/cloud-amazon-ec2.md b/docs/cloud-amazon-ec2.md index 63831d5..36c5135 100644 --- a/docs/cloud-amazon-ec2.md +++ b/docs/cloud-amazon-ec2.md @@ -112,3 +112,6 @@ Enter the number of your desired region: ``` You will then be asked the remainder of the standard Algo setup questions. + +## Cleanup +If you've installed Algo onto EC2 multiple times, your AWS account may become cluttered with unused or deleted resources e.g. instances, VPCs, subnets, etc. This may cause future installs to fail. The easiest way to clean up after you're done with a server is to go to "CloudFormation" from the console and delete the CloudFormation stack associated with that server. Please note that unless you've enabled termination protection on your instance, deleting the stack this way will delete your instance without warning, so be sure you are deleting the correct stack.