I'm new to Amazon Web Services (AWS). I've followed some of Amazon tutorials on AWS and thus I subscribed to the free tier.
I created some EC2 instances which I can see running in my AWS console.
However, after I stop and terminate these EC2 instances, others (with the same names) are relaunched automatically. Why is that? I thought I could only launch an instance manually with the Launch Instance button.
You have most likely created an Auto Scaling Group in one of the tutorials. In short, Auto Scaling Groups automatically creates and replaces EC2 instances.
You can find your Auto Scaling Groups in the EC2 console. Once you delete them, your problem should be solved.
Amazon Web Services offers several possibilities to automatically lunch instances. None of these are activated by default.
You might have created an Auto Scaling group or an Elastic Beanstalk Environment. Either way, you want to delete the instance in the respective section within the AWS console.
Most of the beginner Tutorials also have a "Cleaning Up" section, which gives you detailed instructions on how to remove all created systems and avoid charges.
