executable scripts to use ansible on the system my-describe-instances is to get a simple list of all the instances under an account in the eucalyptus cloudlet. normal invocation: sudo -i watch /srv/web/infra/ansible/scripts/my-describe-instances so you can see it update/change terminate-instances To shutdown an instance just run: sudo -i /srv/web/infra/ansible/scripts/terminate-instances ip-of-instance