Why is my Amazon EC2 instance "pending"?
amazon-ec2
Solution
Pending means the instance is being created, if it has been like that for 30 minutes something went wrong, typicaly I wait for 3 minutes.
I would just create another instance and when the pending one is over, terminate it.
you would probably waste 12.5 cents tho...
Problem
I've been evaluating several cloud compute providers, Amazon EC2 among them. I started an instance with a Windows image, and ever since then it's been "pending", for more than 30 minutes now. Is this a typical amount of wait for an instance to start? This would be highly undesirable for my purpose. Perhaps I started it incorrectly? I couldn't find any info on what "pending" means on Amazon - does anyone here know?